There are many school-based bullying prevention programs. Although they vary in size and scope, the most promising programs incorporate the following characteristics: focus on creating a school-wide environment, or climate that discourages bullying, Surveys of students to assess the nature and extent of bullying behavior and attitudes toward bullying, Training to prepare staff to recognize [...]
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Involve youth, parents, professionals, and volunteers in promoting bullying prevention
# Engage a diverse group of parents, youth, and caring adults to explore how residents perceive the problem and what solutions they recommend. # Be certain to involve youth at every stage in planning, implementing, and evaluating your bullying prevention efforts. That’s the best way to tap into their world and know what will work. [...]
Bullying is not the same thing as conflict
Bullying is aggressive behavior that involves an imbalance of power or strength. Often, bullying is repeated over time. Conflict involves antagonism among two or more people. Whereas any two people can have a conflict (or a disagreement or a fight), bullying only occurs where there is a power imbalance—where one child has a hard time [...]
Why does a school need a bullying prevention program?
Bullying among children is aggressive behavior that is intentional and that involves an imbalance of power or strength. Bullying can seriously affect the emotional, physical, and academic well-being of children who are bullied. Dealing with discipline problems related to bullying incidents can take a good deal of administrators’ and educators’ time during a school day. [...]
Providing Support to Children Who Are Bullied
Bullying among children is aggressive behavior that is persistent, intentional, and involves an imbalance of power or strength. Children and youth who are bullied need clear messages of support from adults. Although we want children to be strong and assertive so that they can stand up to kids who bully, adults must realize that many [...]
How to Intervene to Stop Bullying: Tips for On–the-Spot Intervention at School
As adults, we may feel uncertain about how to handle bullying when we see or hear it happening. We may respond in ways that don’t make the best use of the opportunity to teach a young person the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behavior. Bullying among children is inappropriate because it is aggressive behavior that [...]
Challenges and opportunities in out-of-school time programs
Out-of-school time settings present some particular challenges and opportunities for preventing and addressing bullying. Challenges * Bullying thrives where there is not enough supervision. When adult staff and volunteers supervise large numbers of youth, bullying may go unnoticed. * Adults who do not interact with children regularly (e.g., meet once or twice a week and [...]
Bullying in out-of-school time programs
Bullying is aggressive behavior that is intentional and that involves an imbalance of power or strength. Often, it is repeated over time. Bullying can take many forms such as hitting, punching (physical bullying); teasing or name-calling (verbal bullying); intimidation through gestures or social exclusion (nonverbal bullying or emotional bullying); and sending insulting messages by e-mail [...]
Tips for Youth-Serving Professionals and Volunteers
Out-of-school time programs fill the gap for working parents and communities concerned about how and where youth spend their free time. Professionals and volunteers in this field cover a diverse range of activities and organizations. They assist in extracurricular activities as coaches in sports and recreation; instructors of dance, art, and music; advisors for academic [...]
Stop Bullying Suggestions For Educators
Educate your students, teachers, and other staff members about cyberbullying, its dangers, and what to do if someone is cyberbullied. Be sure that your school’s anti-bullying rules and policies address cyberbullying. Closely monitor students’ use of computers at school. Use filtering and tracking software on all computers, but don’t rely solely on this software to [...]
