Electronic/Cyberbullying Sending mean, vulgar, or

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Bullying What is it? How do we stop
it at Vineyard?
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What is Bullying?

• A bully is someone who repeatedly hurts, teases,
  or frightens other people.
• A bullys behavior is intentional
• they purposely do unkind things to be mean.
• A bully looks for an imbalance of power they
  want to overpower the victim in some way such as
  being bigger, older, or causing someone to feel
  helpless.

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Bullying has many names

• Gossiping
• Rejection
• Teasing/taunting
• Assault/hitting
• Harassment
• Stealing/extortion
• Threatening
• Profanity
• Cyberbullying
• Indirect Intentionally excluding someone making
  them feel isolated

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Reason for this Presentation

• Bullying has become a major problem in our
  school.
• Students need to understand what it means to
  bully someone.
• Students need to know what to do when they are
  bullied.
• Students need to know ways to help others who are
  being bullied.

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FACTS

• Bullying interferes with learning.
• In recent studies, it has been reported that 88
  of junior high school students have experienced
  being victimized by bullying in school.
• 160,000 students miss school every day due to
  fear of attack or intimidation by a bully.

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FACTS

• In 2007, about 32 of students aged 12 to 18
  reported being bullied at school.
• More common in younger kids
• 43 of 6th graders
• 24 of 12th graders

• In all
• 21 reported that they had been teased
• 11 were physically bullied
• 4 cyber bullied
• 6 threatened bodily harm

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Bullies

• Bullies are more likely to drop out of school.
• Bullies are more likely to be associated with
  delinquency.
• Bullies are more likely to be become criminals.
• Bullies tend to develop violent traits.

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Bullies

• Are more likely to
• Be physically aggressive/fight
• Vandalize
• Steal
• Drink and smoke
• Skip school
• Drop out
• Carry Weapons

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Bullies are Cowards

• Bullies tend to bully others when teachers and
  adults are not watching.
• Bullies tend to bully and intimidate others when
  they have an audience of friends.
• Bullies tend to look for weakness in their
  victims.

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VICTIMS

• Fear of being bullied leads to higher rates of
  absence and truancy.
• Victims develop a loss of self-esteem,
  depression, and isolation.
• As students and later as adults, victims may be
  hesitant to take social, intellectual, and
  emotional risks.

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VICTIMS

• Victims are more likely than non-victims to grow
  up feeling insecure.
• Grades may suffer because attention is drawn away
  from learning.
• Fear going to school, using the school restroom,
  riding the bus

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BYSTANDERS

• They are afraid of associating with the victim
  because they fear retribution or becoming
  victimized themselves.
• They fear reporting bullying incidents because
  they may be termed as a snitch, tattletale,
  rat, etc.
• Are sometimes drawn into bullying behavior by
  group pressure
• Feel unsafe, unable to take action or a sense of
  a loss of control

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FORMS OF BULLYING!

• Verbal/name calling
• Physical/hitting
• Threatening
• Sexual
• Electronic/cyberbullying

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Sexual Harassment a form of
Bullying

• Verbal
• Physical
• Written
• Gestures

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Examples of Sexual Harassment

• Sexual comments, jokes, gestures, or looks
• Showing, giving, or leaving sexual pictures,
  photos, notes, etc.
• Writing sexual messages about another student on
  bathroom walls, etc.
• Saying another student is gay or lesbian
• Spying on another student when dressing at school
  in locker rooms

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More examples of Sexual
Harassment

• Touching or grabbing or pinching another student
  in a sexual way
• Intentionally brushing up against another student
  in a sexual way
• Pulling at clothing (pulling off or pulling down
  clothing - pantsing)
• Blocking another student or cornering them in a
  sexual way

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Electronic/Cyberbullyinga form of bullying

• when the Internet, cell phones or other devices
  are used to send or post text or images intended
  to hurt or embarrass another person

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Electronic/Cyberbullying

• Cyber-bullying can be as simple as continuing to
  send e-mail to someone who has said they want no
  further contact with the sender, but it may also
  include threats, sexual remarks, pejorative
  labels (i.e., hate speech), ganging up on victims
  by making them the subject of ridicule in forums,
  and posting false statements as fact aimed at
  humiliation.

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Electronic/Cyberbullying

• Sending mean, vulgar, or threatening messages or
  images
• Posting information that is personal, sensitive,
  or untrue
• Posting untrue information as if one was that
  person
• Exclusion from online groups

• Threats
• Rumors/Gossip
• Damaging Information
• Altering/Disseminating Photos
• Stealing passwords and user names
• Recording conversations

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True or False ? ?

• If a girl wears tight jeans or a short shirt, she
  is asking to be sexually harassed.
• False
• Boys dont usually get sexually harassed.
• False
• Spreading rumors around school can be a form of
  sexual harassment.
• True

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/ True or False ? ?

• Bullying makes kids feel good about themselves.
• False
• Bullying is a way of showing you have power over
  someone else.
• True
• Calling someone gay or queer is a form of
  sexual harassment.
• True

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True or False ? ?

• You can go to jail for sexually harassing
  someone.
• True
• Sexual harassment isnt a problem at this school.
• False
• If you see someone you dont know very well being
  sexually harassed, you should mind your own
  business.
• False

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RIGHTS !

• All children have a right to a school environment
  where they feel safe and can learn to the best of
  their abilities.

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Difference Between Bullying and a Conflict

• Bullying is when someone is repeatedly and
  intentionally causing the victim to feel
  uncomfortable or afraid.
• A conflict is part of everyday living and can be
  resolved.

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What can happen?

• Students can now be suspended or expelled for
  bullying, including cyber bullying.

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So . . . . .

• Take a stand.
• Lend a hand.
• Stop bullying now !!!!

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What Can You Do ????

• Seek adult help.
• Do not participate in the harassment of the
  victim.
• Offer kind words to the victim.
• Do not become involved in rumors and gossip.
• Do not become involved in physical or verbal
  fights with a bully.

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What Can You Do ?????

• Remind the victim to walk away.
• If you can effectively communicate with the
  bully, tell the bully that he/she is doing
  inappropriate things or tell the bully to leave
  the victim alone.
• Invite the victim to hang out with you.

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What Can You Do ?????

• Purple Slip
• Bully Box (Front office and Library)
• Safe School Ambassadors
• Teachers
• Staff

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Education Code

• Suspension
• 48900 (a.1)
• 48900 (i)
• 48900 (n)
• 48900 (o)
• 48900 (q)
• 48900 (.2)
• 48900 (.3)
• 48900 (.4)
• Expulsion
• 48915 (b)
• 48915 (e)