Presented at the: Moving Forward with State HIB/Bullying Initiatives: Various Settings, Unique Challenges Workshop at Montclair State University www.bullyingpreventionproject.org

1. Using Simulations and
Digital Media to Reduce
Bullying Behaviors in
Schools
Edina Renfro-Michel, Ph.D., LPC, ACS

2. Agenda
 Understanding the school through survey
 Developing and implementing a simulation
 Integrating digital media
 Movie Day!
 Integrating project into peer mediation

3. Two Pilot Projects
 School #5 Patterson
 Group #1 – 10 students 4-7th grade
 Group #2 – 17 students in a Self-contained 4-6th grade
class

4. Survey
 Goals
 Determine any victims and intense bullies
 Determine students in need of counseling
 Identify student knowledge
 Baseline data

5. Developing the Simulation
 Use Survey Data and Teacher Interviews to Determine
the Roles of Students
 Determine logistical specifics
 Determine Schedule
 Homeroom (announcements!)
 English
 PE
 Lunch

6. Running the Program
 Four Roles
 Bullies
 Popular
 Victims (the majority of students)
 Scapegoats
 Lesson Plans for each ‘class period’
 Adjusted as necessary

7. Post-Simulation Processing
 What was this experience like for you?
 What did you learn about yourself?
 What did you learn about others?
 Discussion of bullying, types of bullying and what they
saw in simulation.

8. Digital Media
 Goals
 Integrate new knowledge
 Using literacy tools, develop a 2-3 minute PSA
 Storyboard
 Google!
 Using iMovie

9. Final Projects
 First Day of School
 Help Stop Bullying
 Don't Bully
 So What I'm "PHAT"

10. Movie Day!
 Invited Family Members
 Invited 4th Grade Class

11. Results of Program
 Students felt empowered
 Videos used in classrooms
 Students had empathy for others
 Students began to work as a team

12. Peer Mediation Integration
 Begin peer mediation program with participants
 Teach negotiation and communication skills
 Continue discussion of empathy and bullying
 Teach how to intervene in bullying situations
 Each group helps to train the next group

13. Questions?