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Forest Edge elementary School COMMUNITY

Forest Edge Community Meeting Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Parents and Schools Working Together. Forest Edge elementary School COMMUNITY.

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Forest Edge elementary School COMMUNITY

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  1. Forest Edge Community MeetingBullying Prevention and Intervention: Parents and Schools Working Together Forest Edge elementary School COMMUNITY Our goal is to move forward as a united team of parents, students, and school staff to continue to keep Forest Edge a safe place to learn and grow.

  2. Our Goals 1. To create a positive, secure & supportive school climate 2. To integrate and align bullying prevention and intervention practices within the school’s positive behavior approach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-w0lJMsZvA

  3. Essential Components of Bullying Prevention and Intervention 1. Defining Bullying and Harassment -a common definition based on SR & R Guidelines -types of bullying identified and defined

  4. Definitions of Bullying SR & R Definition: “Bullying is physical or psychological harassment on the part of one or more students toward another.” FCPS Working Definition: “Bullying is when a person or group of people repeatedly uses words or actions to intentionally cause physical or emotional harm to another person.”

  5. Three Key Features of Bullying • Involves aggressive behavior • Typically involves a pattern of behavior repeated over time • Involves an imbalance of power or strength -Olweus Bullying Prevention Teacher Guide, 2007

  6. Types of Bullying Types of bullying are identified and described: -Physical -Verbal -Relational -Cyberbullying Steps to Respect Video Previews

  7. Cyberbullying: 2005 Virginia Law If any person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, shall use a computer or computer network to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

  8. Questions?

  9. Essential Components 2. Understanding the roles of the student who is targeted, the student who bullies, and the bystanders

  10. Roles in Bullying Situations • Student who bullies- someone who engages in repeated negative actions towards one or more students • Student who is targeted- someone who is victimized by the person who is bullying; may be submissive or provocative targets • Bystander- someone who witnesses the bullying; may include the defender of the student who is targeted, the possible defender, the follower, the supporter of the person who bullies, the passive supporter, and the onlooker

  11. Essential Components 3. Responding to observed or reported bullying incidents with school-wide procedures

  12. Responding to Bullying Incidents • The student response will include: informing the student who is bullying to stop, walking away if it doesn’t stop, and reporting the misbehavior to an adult to manage

  13. Student Response Tell the person to stop and use the hand signal. Walk away. Talk with a staff member right away! STOP WALK TALK

  14. The Staff Response • Immediately stopping the incident, supporting the student who is targeted, and responding to the bystanders • Follow-up procedures for the student who is targeted, the student who bullies, and the bystanders involved in the incident • Parent/guardian notification procedures in place

  15. Staff Response When Activities Perceived as Bullying are Reported • Talk to all parties involved including any possible bystanders • Make a determination based on information received (is this a bullying incident, does it break SR&R?) • Apply SR&R procedures if founded • Inform parents

  16. Essential Components 4. Providing adequate supervision for needed locations

  17. Essential Components 5. Monitoring implementation effectiveness

  18. Essential Components 6. Communicating and collaborating with parents/guardians (procedures for parents to report incidents of possible bullying): Contact teacher where incident occurred, if unsure contact HR teacher or counselor or administration

  19. What Can Parents Do?

  20. In General: 1. Emphasize your child’s talents and abilities to build self-esteem and resiliency. 2. Encourage your child’s participation in sports and in civic and service activities. 3. Create opportunities for talking with your child about what he (she) experiences and observes in school. 4. Take your child’s reports of bullying seriously. 5. Encourage your child to report concerns about bullying to an adult at school. 6. Report your concerns to a teacher, the school counselor, or the school administration.

  21. If your child has been bullied: 1. Be alert to signs such as torn clothing, unexplained injuries, school avoidance, anxiety, sad mood, low self-esteem. 2. Let your child know that bullying is not his (her) fault. 3. Promote avoidance of bad situations and negative peers. 4. Don’t encourage retaliation. Instead, emphasize the need to walk away and seek help from an adult at school in difficult situations. 5. Report your concerns to the school and provide all the factual information. Check back with your child and the school to make sure the bullying has stopped. 6. Consult with a mental health professional if you observe continuing behaviors of concern– persistent sadness, health problems, school avoidance, or thoughts of suicide.

  22. If your child has bullied someone: 1. Let your child know that bullying is not appropriate behavior. 2. Be consistent in establishing rules, boundaries, & consequences. 3. Become familiar with your child’s friends and their behavior. 4. Teach the importance of empathy, compassion, and the ability to see someone else’s point of view. 5. Model empathy and non-aggressive responses in your own behavior. 6. Consult with a mental health professional if problems with aggressive behaviors continue.

  23. If your child has been a bystander: 1. Teach your child that he or she should not be a passive bystander or show support for the student who bullies. 2. Help your child develop empathy, show support for the student who is targeted, and become a defender. 3. Encourage your child to walk away and get help from an adult if they witness a bullying incident. 4. Emphasize that it is not tattling to seek help when someone is being bullied. It is doing the right thing.

  24. Tips for Dealing with Cyberbullying 1.Talk regularly with your child about online activities and cell phone use. 2. Tell them that cyberbullying is harmful, unacceptable, and can be a crime. Ask them to tell you if they become aware of cyberbullying or other inappropriate online activity. 2. Monitor computer and cell phone use . Access communications and usage history if there is reason for concern. 3. Caution your child not to respond to negative messages. 4. Keep records of inappropriate messages and pictures and try to identify the sender. 5. Notify the school administration, your internet service provider, and possibly the police about inappropriate activities, particularly if your child has been threatened.

  25. Working Together • Sharing what students are learning so that parents can reinforce concepts & action strategies • Communication between the school and parents when an incident occurs • Involving parents in maintaining a caring, secure school community • Partnering with parents in adopting a solutions-oriented approach to bullying prevention and intervention

  26. Next Steps • Positive Behavior Committee will continue to plan and monitor programs. Committee to include staff, parents and students • Following FCPS guidelines to incorporate Essential Components 1-6 into current programs • Current examples are: -Character Counts Program/Bucket Filling Celebration to continue with morning announcements to recognize students -Greeting our children every am and pm asking if they filled someone’s bucket today -Third grade classroom experimenting with Bucket-Filling time • Needs Assessment- staff, students, parents

  27. Seeking Assistance: School Contacts Principal: Kim Price Assistant Principals: Emily Cope and Sabra Lowery School Counselor: Martha Hutchinson, Grades 4-6 Sheila Murphy, Grades K-3 School Psychologist: Ronne Lancaster School Social Worker: Bessie DeFreitas

  28. Resources • FCPS website: http://www.fcps.edu/dss/ips/ssaw/violenceprevention/bullyprevention.shtml • Bucket Filling: www.bucketfilling101.com • Character Counts: www.charactercounts.org

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