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Improving Anti-Bullying Training for Teachers.

Improving Anti-Bullying Training for Teachers. Krystie Ireland. What is Considered Bullying?. “ Bullying is when a stronger, more powerful person frightens a smaller or weaker person on purpose or repeatedly.”

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Improving Anti-Bullying Training for Teachers.

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  1. Improving Anti-Bullying Training for Teachers. Krystie Ireland

  2. What is Considered Bullying? • “ Bullying is when a stronger, more powerful person frightens a smaller or weaker person on purpose or repeatedly.” • “ Bullying is the intention or exclusion of targeted youth in activities, and unprovoked physical and verbal attacks.”

  3. We feel victimized,” Wayne Harris writes in the journal

  4. Girls VS. Boys: • Both can be bullies but often in very different ways: • Boys: 75% of physical bullying. Use Intimidation often. • Girls: 22% of verbal bullying. Use Exclusion often.

  5. School bullies taunted Phoebe Prince through text messages, the computer and on Facebook and other social networking sites, Smith told the Boston Herald."

  6. How Big Is the Problem? • Today, 1 in 7 students is either a bully or the victim of a bully. • 5 million school age children K-8 have been effected by bullying. • As many as 160,000 students stay home each day due to bullying.

  7. Four Types of Bullying: • Physical • Emotional • Verbal • Cyber bullying

  8. Who Does Bullying Effect in Schools? • EVERYONE! • Lose-Lose Situation • Victims • Bullys • Teachers

  9. Victims/ Targets of Bullying: • Anxiety associated with the school environment. • School Refusal • Physical Symptoms • Low Self Esteem

  10. Students Who Bully: • 25% of school bullies will be convicted of a criminal offense during adulthood. • Lack Healthy ways to express emotion. • No alternatives to aggression.

  11. Effect on Teachers/ Schools: • Higher Absenteeism. • Compromised Student Achievment. • Potential Law Suits • Public’s View

  12. Bullying Stats:

  13. What Can We Do? • Teachers/ Schools/District Wide Current Anti- Bullying initiative. • Appoint a Bullying Prevention Coordinator. • Raise Awareness.

  14. Other Ideas: • Programs that focus on the social environment of the school. • Programs where it is not the sole responsibility of an administrator, teacher or counselor.

  15. CERTIFICATION: • Olweus: OBPP • TOT Part 1: • TOT Part 2: • Phone Consultation • Training Material/Worksheets

  16. Increasing Teacher Training Can Reduce Bullying.

  17. Summary: • Bullying effects everyone. • A Collaborative Approach is Best. • Information/ Training for Teachers benefits everyone!

  18. Reference: • Davis, Stan, (2009) How Should Staff Respond to Bullying Behavior? Stop Bullying Now! • Holt, M.K.& Keyes, M.A. (2004). Teachers’ attitudes toward bullying. Bullying in American Schools. (p. 121-139)

  19. Reference • Olweus, D. (1993) Bullying at School: What we Know and what we can do. Cambrigde, MA:Blackwell. • Public Agenda, (2004) Teaching Interrupted. Retrieved June 23, 2010 from www.publicagenda.org • 2009. Running a District-wide anti-bully initiative. NoBully.www.nobully.com/districts.html

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