The document discusses bullying, harassment, and cyber safety. It defines bullying as repeated abusive behavior that hurts or intimidates others. Bullying can be verbal, physical, or relational. The document outlines the negative impacts of bullying on both victims and bystanders, including long-term mental health issues. It emphasizes the importance of creating a caring and supportive home environment, teaching social skills, and collaborating with schools to address bullying issues.

1. Building Resilient Children Bullying, Harassment& Cyber Safety Kerrie Hayes-Williams & Mark Woolley Catholic Education Office Diocese of Wollongong 25 th March, 2009

4. ‘ Bullying and harassment happens when people deliberately and repeatedly use and abuse their power to hurt, annoy, torment or put down other people they see as weaker or smaller What is bullying??

5. Bullying includes: Social banter hurtful teasing pushing and shoving malicious gossip racist comments exclusion extortion phone and internet abuse sexual harassment damage to property physical violence use of weapons criminal acts verbal threats stalking cyberbullying

7. Normal Peer Conflict Bullying Equal power between friends Imbalance or power between friends Individuals often play together Individuals rarely play together Happens occasionally Repeated negative actions Accidental On purpose Not serious Serious with threat of physical or emotional harm Equal emotional reactions Strong emotional reaction from victim and little or no emotional reaction from bully Not seeking power or attention Seeking power, control, or material things Not trying to get something Attempt to gain material things/power Remorse – will take responsibility No remorse – blame victim Effort to solve problem No effort to solve problem

16. Eyes: red, teary, weepy, narrowed, looking down or away Face: white, red, tense muscles Lips: tight or mouth open Head: down Shoulders: slumped, bent over, pulled back Voice: very quiet, angry, Upset, muffled, a grunt Body movements: Frozen, stuck, paralysed, rigid, fidgeting, walking away Verbal retaliation: blabbering, criticising back, blaming Feelings demonstrated : fear, anger, hurt, hate, embarrassment, teariness Demeanour: doing Nothing or being powerless The Bully’s Target (HO)

22. Thinking (Self-Talk) Positive Negative Feeling (Emotions) Behaviour (Actions)

23. I’ll just keep paddling and eventually someone will come to help me I’ll never get help, I’m tired and I can’t do this anymore!

28. Together we can make a difference