DAY 1

1
What is Bullying?

• DAY 1
• Objectives
• Define bullying
• Identify ways to recognize bullying
• Practice ways to refuse and report bullying

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• How would you complete this statement?
• Bullying is ___________________ .

3
Bullying is

• Unfair.
• One-sided.
• Happening when someone keeps hurting,
  frightening, threatening or leaving someone out
  on purpose.

4
Three Rs of Bullying
Recognize
Bullying
Report

• Refuse

5
How to Decide

• One way to decide whether or not a
• certain behavior is bullying, conflict or
• neither is to ask these three questions
• Is it fair?
• How does it feel?
• Does it keep happening?

6
BYSTANDER

• If you see or hear
• something going on
• that doesnt directly
• affect you, you are a
• Bystander.

7
BYSTANDER

• Put yourself in the victims
• position and think of the
• first two questions
• Is it fair?,
• How does it feel?

8
BYSTANDER

• If you think that person
• feels upset, scared or
• threatened,then it is
• definitely bullying.

9
Bystanders and Bullying

• Refuse to join in dont laugh at mean jokes or
  join a crowd who are making fun of someone else.
• Stop the bullying - tell the person that what he
  is doing is bullying and he should stop.

10
Bystanders and Bullying

• Befriend the person being bullied all of us
  need some support, especially when we are upset
  and scared.
• Lookout for the person being bullied
• everyone needs to know that his support
  network is strong dont let the person be alone.

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Bystanders and Bullying

• Report the bullying - whats going on is wrong
  and may be against rules adults can take more
  action to stop it.

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What To Do

• Once you have recognized that a
• behavior is bullying, you have two
• choices
• Refuse
• Report

13
Refusing Bullying

• Act confident
• Hold your head up.
• Look the bully in the eye.

14
Refusing Bullying

• Keep your cool
• Ignore bullies.
• Walk away.
• Tell yourself to stay cool.

15
Refusing Bullying

• Be assertive
• Use humor.
• Tell them no thanks.
• Tell them to stop and leave you allow.

Stay Safe
16
Reporting Bullying

• When a student is in
• danger, the bullying should be
• reported.
• If someone has refused the bully
• and the bullying does not stop, it
• should be reported.

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Reporting Bullying

• Important pieces of information you
• need to report a bully
• Who was involved
• What happened
• When the bullying occurred
• Where the bullying occurred

18
Reporting Bullying

• Reporting bullying is
• not tattling.
• When a person reports
• bullying, he is reporting
• behavior that is unfair, one
• sided and threatening.

19
Bullying is a crime.

• Bullying violates the Florence District One
  discipline code and carries penalties.
• Bullying is against the law, and you can go to
  jail.
• Cyberbullying and telephone bullying are Federal
  crimes. Penalties can be severe and expensive.

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We can have a bully-free school.

• You can help.
• Report bullies to a teacher, a guidance
  counselor, or a principal.

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