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Bullying
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3. THE ACT OF BULLYING
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior
among school aged children in High School and
college that involves a real or perceived power
imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the
potential to be repeated, over time.
4. TYPES OF BULLYING
Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things.
Verbal bullying includes:
Teasing
Name-calling Taunting
Threatening to cause harm
5. Social bullying
involves hurting someone’s reputation or
relationships. Social bullying includes:
Leaving someone out on purpose
Spreading rumors about someone
Embarrassing someone in public
6. Physical bullying
involves hurting a person’s body
Hitting/kicking/pinching
Spitting
Tripping/pushing
Taking or breaking someone’s things
10. Assess Bullying
Know what’s going on.
Adults underestimate the rates of bullying
because kids rarely report it and it often
happens when adults aren’t around.
Target efforts. Understanding trends and types
of bullying in your school, college or place of
work
11. Parent and Youth
Engagement
Research shows that school administrators,
such as principals, can play a powerful role in
bullying prevention
principal cannot do it alone. When parents and
youth are involved it can be prevented
12. School Safety Committees
a small group of people focused on school
safety concerns
one strategy to engage parents and youth, as
well as others, in bullying prevention.
13. WHAT YOU CAN DO!!!!!!
Take the time talk to your children about there
school days and what they did
If your child is the bully discipline him or her and
educate them on the correct behaviors at school
Educate your child if he or she is the victim to
talk to you and how they can express there
feelings so they don’t feel helpless
