This document discusses bullying and provides information on how to stop it. It defines bullying as treating someone abusively through force or coercion. There are three main components - repeated negative actions intended to harm with an imbalance of power. The document outlines different forms of bullying including physical, verbal, relational, and cyber bullying. It discusses the effects of bullying on victims and provides statistics on bullying in Minnesota schools. It encourages intervening when witnessing bullying and outlines potential consequences for engaging in bullying behavior.

1. Bullying What YOU can do to stop it… AND why you should care! Presented by the SCPD School Resource Officers 2010

2. Definition by Webster: To treat abusively To affect by means of force or coercion

3. Three Components of Bullying Repeated Intentional negative actions-malicious intent Imbalance of power

4. Forms of Bullying

5. 83% of student indicate that watching bullying makes them feel uncomfortable . If this were humans would it be so funny….?

6. PHYSICAL Hitting Kicking Spitting Tripping Shoving/pushing “ Bumping” into someone Acts that hurt people

7. VERBAL Name calling Teasing Making offensive remarks Threats, racial/sexual comments (70% of bullying is verbal)

8. Words Hurt

9. INDIRECTION/VON-VERBAL Body language Looks/stares Gestures Intimidating looks Rolling eyes More concealed-difficult for victim to know who is doing it sometimes .

10. RELATIONAL/SOCIAL BULLYING Intentional behaviors to damage a person’s reputation Spreading Rumors/lies Social exclusion Threatening loss of relationships to manipulate others Gossip

11. An Example Of Social Exclusion

12. CYBER BULLYING Sending insulting messages by email texting, sexting, IM, posting on Youtube.com.

13. Why Do People Bully?!? Differences! Race Gender Physical and Mental disabilities Sexual orientation

14. Affects of Bullying Lowers self-esteem Depression, loneliness and anxiety Absenteeism-lower school achievement Physical illness Thoughts of suicide Desensitization-less affected by violence, comments, ect. over time

15. Minnesota Bullying Facts 2007 Minnesota Student Survey indicated 29%of students reported they had been bullied once a week or more. The rate of bullying in Minnesota is almost Twice the national average.

16. Facts About Bullying An estimated 160,000 children miss school everyday out of fear of attack or intimidation by other students. One out of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying. Victims of bullying are more likely to suffer physical problems such as common colds and coughs, sore throats, poor appetite, and night waking. Direct, physical bulling increases in elementary school, peaks in middle school and declines in high school. Verbal abuse, on the other had, remains constant. Bullying is best understood as a group phenomenon in which young people play a variety of roles.

17. “ The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.” -Albert Einstein

18. Ryan’s Story

19. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing ." -Edmund Burke Bullying stops in less than 10 seconds, 57% of the time when peers intervene on behalf of the victim.

20. Consequences You are responsible for hurting someone else’s feelings and possibly even their reaction to the bullying. School consequences Detension Suspension Expulsion Legal Arrests for crimes such as harassment, assault, and disorderly conduct.

21. Bullycide Video

22. Questions SRO Supervisor Sergeant Mark Moline SCPD Office: 345-4415 Apollo High School and Westwood Officer Tiffany Thompson SCPD Office: 345-4375 School Office: 253-1600 Ext #2909 Officer Tom Mastey SCPD Office: 345-4342 School Office: 253-1600 Ext #2021 North Junior High and Madison Officer Nancy Lang SCPD Office: 345-4339 School Office: 251-2159 Ext #4100 South Junior High and Talahi Officer Aaron Stellmach SCPD Office: 345-4322 School Office: 251-1322 Ext #1710 Technical High School, Lincoln and City Life Officer Christina Zabrocki SCPD Office: 345-4371 School Office: 252-2231 Ext #3126 Officer Tara Grams SCPD Office: 345-4326 School office: 252-2231 Ext #3119