1. Bullying:
W hat actions are
we implementing
as educator s?

2. Bullying
 Bullying can become a major problem for some
students and often students are pressured to
involve themselves in these situations
 It is important to identify and attempt to rectify
these situations as they interfere with your
students’ learning and development and potentially
affect the overall functioning of your classroom.
 Any child can fall victim to being
bullied and any child has the potential
to be the bully

3. Steps towards an action plan for
Bullying
1. Teachers must make it safe for students to report bullying
 Students must trust that teachers and administrators will respect the
anonymity of the student who reports information
1. Educators and related staff must be aware of all forms of
bullying. Identifying intentions of bullying are:
 There is a power difference
 There is a negative intention
 The behavior is repeated
1. There must be a clear and effective plan for dealing with the
bully and the victim. Students must know the consequences of
bullying.
Retrieved on November 9, 2013 from: http://www.bullybeware.com/tips.html

4. Steps Continued
4. School personnel must know about the different
types of bullies. Some victims are also bullies.
5. An effective tool for dealing with bullying is
utilizing the masses who aren’t involved in
bullying situations. These students can take a
stand and prevent bullying incidents.
Retrieved on November 9, 2013 from: http://www.bullybeware.com/tips.html

5. Possible Signs of Bullying:
Watch for changes in the students behavior:
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Unwilling to go to school
Feeling ill in the morning
Withdrawal behavior
Decrement in school performance
Having books or clothing destroyed
Truancy
Stammering
Becoming aggressive or unreasonable
Retrieved on November 9, 2013 from:
http://csmh.umaryland.edu/resources.html/resource_packets/download_files/bullying_2002.pdf

6. What can you do to help?
• Model pro-social behavioral that asserts self-worth
of each individual student
• Actively observe student behavior in the
classroom
• Speak with parents to see if additional stressors at
home contribute to the bullying dynamic
• Include discussions of conflict-resolution in your
lesson plan

7. What can you do?
• Ask school clinicians to present on consequences
of bullying
• Become familiar with the bulling prevention
curriculum in the school
• If there isn’t one, start incorporating bullying curriculum in your
lesson plans including knowledge, attitudes, and skill
development pertaining to bullying
• Role play in the classroom to help students
develop refusal skills

8. What can you do?
• Suggest that students stay together and walk in
groups when traveling to and from school and
when outside during recess or lunch
• Meet with school administrators and help
develop a bullying policy to implement school
wide.

9. Tips/Facts to help with Bullying
 Understanding why children bully / victimize others
is of key importance in initiating change of this
behavior
 Make it known that bullying and victimizing is not
acceptable in your school and must be stopped
 Managing bullying requires that the bullying
behavior be firmly admonished and controlled
 Counseling is essential and should be compulsory
Retrieved on November 9, 2013 from http://www.bmef.org/bullying.htm

10. Tips and Facts Continued
 Children who bully / victimize need to see themselves
differently, with opportunities to behave differently
 The victim also needs to learn to act differently and be
given opportunities to shine and show strength
 Bullying and victimization require that the school, the
teacher, the parent, the peers, but most importantly the
child (bully and victim), take responsibility to learn to act
differently
Retrieved on November 9, 2013 from http://www.bmef.org/bullying.htm

11. Useful Books and Online
Resources
 Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
http://www.clemson.edu/olweus/
 Take Action Against Bullying
www.bullybeware.org
 Steps to Respect: A Bully Prevention Program
www.cfchildren.org/str.html
 Blueprints for Violence Prevention: Book 9. Bullying Prevention
Program (1999). By D. Olweus, S.Limber, & S.F. Mihalic;
Boulder, CO: Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
http://www.clemson.edu/olweus/
 Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Intervention for Bullying and
Victimization (1996) By Richard J. Hazler

12. Resources Continued
• How
to Say No and Keep your Friends: Peer Pressure Reversal for
Teens and Pre-Teens (1997). By Sharon Scott
•CAFS Teacher Talk Volume 1(3) 1996
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v3i3/peerpress.html
•Preventing Classroom Bullying: What Teachers Can Do (2003).
By Jim Wright
http://jimwrightsonline.com/pdfdocs/bully/bullyBooklet.pdf
•Stop Bullying Now!
http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp

13. Resources Continued
 Resource for parents:
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/356.darnell/advice_for_parents