1. By: Amanda Stinebrickner
Bullying
By: Amanda Stinebrickner

2. Definition of Bullying (As defined by Teaching Tolerance-www.tolerance.org)
Bullying happens when someone is subjected to negative actions from one or more people and has a hard time defending himself or herself
Various forms of bullying:
Teasing, taunting or verbal abuse
Punching, shoving and physical acts
Spreading rumors
Excluding someone from a group
Ganging up on others

3. Why is this important to me?
This research increased my awareness and the urge to get actively involved in intervention at the schools
We have all been affected by bullying, one way or another

4. Eye-opening statistics (www.tolerance.org)
160,000 estimated U.S. students skip school daily to avoid being bullied
32% of students report being bullied at school during the school year
86% of gay or lesbian students reported being bullied
70% of teachers surveyed say that educators “almost always” intervene when bullying occurs
35% of 9th graders who believe school professionals responded poorly to the bullying they observed
10-20% of bystanders who PROVIDE any real help

5. Home Life Bully vs. Victim
“Bullying behavior is associated with”:
Low maternal and paternal involvement
In particular, youth who spend more time without adults are more likely to bully peers
Coming from families with authoritarian parents who condone fighting back
Family lacks warmth and structure
Low family cohesion
Family is explained as being high in conflict
Victims have a tendency to come from families that:
Have high levels of cohesion
Victims are more likely to have less authoritative parents
Live in families in which there are low levels of negotiation
Have high levels of conflict
Resource: (Holt, Kantor, & Finkelhor, pg. 45)

6. Bullying is on the rise……

8. Phoebe Prince

9. Tyler Clementi

10. Statistics
2005 Harris poll found 90 percent of gay and lesbian teens say they have been bullied in the past year
2009 survey by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network said of these, 2/3 of these students feel unsafe in school

11. Ellen DeGeneres

12. “It Gets Better Program”
Dan Savage launched this program, which is a series of online videos delivered by adult gays and lesbians designed to tell young people that they can survive harassment and have happy lives

13. What can we do? (www.tolerance.org)
To stop bullying before it starts, we can:
Adopt and publicize an anti-bullying policy that includes clear procedures and consequences
Provide school-wide training

14. If we hear or see evidence of bullying, we can:
Stop the bullying immediately
Offer guidance to bystanders on how to intervene appropriately

15. If we see or learn of a pattern of bullying, we can:
Bring staff together to discuss the behavior and agree on a unified course of action

16. We should ask questions when we see:
Ripped or damaged clothing
Students who isolate themselves from others

17. New York State Education Department www.nysed.gov
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommend that schools should:
Educate students, teachers, and other staff members about cyberbullying
Be sure that the school’s anti-bullying rules and policies address cyberbullying
Closely monitor students’ use of computers at school
Use filtering and tracking software, but don’t rely solely on this software, to screen out cyberbullying and other problematic online behavior
Investigate reports of bullying and cyberbullying immediately
Notify parents of all children involved
Closely monitor the behavior of affected students
Investigate to see if the victim could use some support

18. Some websites we can use to help combat bullying
Stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov
Stopbullyingspeakup.com
Glsen.org/bullying
Adl.org/combatbullying
Wiredsafety.org
Youtube.com/user/itgetsbetterproject
Pacer.org/bullying