1. Lindsey Williams Email: lindsey.williams1@smail.asate.edu
Bullying
Lindsey Williams

2. What is Bullying?
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.
Bullying behaviors are more likely to happen more than once than not to happen but only once.
Includes actions such as making threats, Spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone purposefully from a group.

3. Physical bullying Cyber Bullying Relational Bullying Verbal Bullying
Types of Bullying
Physical bullying Cyber Bullying Relational Bullying Verbal Bullying

4. Physical Bullying Definition: Hurting a person’s body or possessions
Example characteristics
Hitting
Kicking
Punching
Spitting
Taking/breaking someone’s belongings
Making mean or hurtful hand gestures
Tripping and pushing

5. Cyber Bullying
Definition: Bullying that places using electronic technology
Example Characteristics
Mean text messages
Hurtful s
Rumors posted on social media
Embarrassing pictures, videos, or fake profiles

6. Relational Bullying
Definition: hurting someone’s reputation or relationships
Example Characteristics
Embarrassing someone in public
Leaving someone out on purpose
Spreading rumors about someone
Encouraging others not to be friends with someone specific

7. Verbal Bullying Definition: saying or writing mean things
Example Characteristics
Teasing
Name-Calling
Inappropriate sexual comments
Taunting
Threatening to cause harm

8. What is the Teacher’s Role?
Intervene immediately, It is ok to get another adult to help.
Separate the kids involved.
Make sure everyone is safe.
Meet any immediate medical or mental health needs.
Stay calm. Reassure the kids involved, including bystanders.
Model respectful behavior when you intervene.

9. Major Facts about Bullying
Example Behaviors of Victim
Victim
Depression/Anxiety
Withdrawal from environment
Suicidal Thoughts
Poor academic progress
Skip school
Does not do work
Poor health
Sick constantly

10. Major Facts about bullying
Example Characteristics of the Bully
Bully
Increase in risk:
consuming drugs and alcohol
Perform poorly:
in school
have a poor school environment perspective
More likely to get in trouble with the law

11. How do we know that Bullying is really happening?

12. Positive Encouragement

13. References https://www.stopbullying.gov/what-is-bullying/