BullyingWHAT IT IS?

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP?

WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO HELP?

What is Bullying

Repeated Behavior Overtime Feeling Powerless Peers

Types of Bullying4 Main Types

1. Physical Bullying

2. Emotional Bullying

3. Social Bullying

4. Cyber Bullying

Who is involved in Bullying?

BullyingTriangle

Bully

Victim Bystander

The Bystander is the most influential person in the triad

Bullying: What Can You Do?

Let someone know what is happening!!!

It’s okay to ask for help

Being bullied is not your fault!!

Who????

Parents, Teachers, Advisor, Principal, Vice Principal

Tattle vs. Report- what’s worth reporting

Incidents when you feel threatened

witness someone else being threatened

when you just know something is wrong

Examples Physical actions

Verbal threats

Other students are in danger

Student examples

Numbers on Bullying

18% of students feel bullied

85% of students have witnessed bullying

What does that say to you

Put Yourself in Someone Else’s Shoes

If you were being bullied…

How would you feel?

What would you do?

Everyone Can Help Out!!!

Good Citizens Do The Right Thing! Don’t join in and Refuse to watch

Say something- “Hey don’t do that to him.”

Report Bullying to an adult

Invite the person being bullied to join your group

Be a friend to a person being bullied

Distract the bully so that he or she stops

Bullying: How Not to be a Victim

1. Act and look CONFIDENT Bullies go after those who appear weak Bullies repeat actions to those who they

think they can

2. If someone is picking on you don’t show them it hurts It is okay to feel sad or hurt over what a

bully says but try not to show them Express your feelings to your parents,

friends and people you trust!!!

Strategies

How can I help myself if I am getting bullied?

Ignore what the bully or bullies say

Agree with what they say- Bullies don’t get satisfaction if they don’t get a negative reaction

Make a quick joke or a funny response

Change the subject

Bullying: How to Avoid Bad Situations

1. Stay in a group Surround yourself with people you feel safe with

2. Avoid “hot spots” Take a different path to classes

Go to the restroom a little earlier

Think About It!!!

Do you ever

Laugh when a classmate makes a mistake?

Make fun of people in a mean way?

Join in when someone is being teased?

Gossip or Spread Rumors?

The End