A SchoolWide Approach to Bullying Prevention

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HALTON CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD Special
Education Services
A School-Wide Approach to Bullying Prevention
September 2004
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WHAT IS BULLYING?

• Bullying involves a power imbalance in which the
  child doing the bullying has more power, due to
  such factors as age, size, support of the peer
  group or higher status
• Bullying is usually a repeated activity in which
  a particular child is singled out more than once
  and often in a chronic manner
• Bullying is carried out with an intent to harm
  the targeted child
• Bullying includes physical aggression, verbal
  insults, the spreading of malicious rumours or
  gossip and threats of exclusion from the peer
  group

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PREVALENCE RATES

• More prevalent during late elementary through
  middle school years
• Increases after age 8 years grade 3
• Reaches a peak in grades 6 - 8
• Declines after grade 8, but slowly
• More males than females are bullied
• Students view teasing as the most common form of
  bullying

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TYPES OF BULLYING

• Verbal
• Physical
• Relational

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WHO IS INVOLVED ?

• The child who bullies
• The child who is bullied
• The child who observes bullying

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It is the leadership of the school
administrators, staff, students and parent
community, working together in a planned way,
that is essential for change and necessary to
address bullying problems. (Pepler
Craig, 1999)
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Working Together

• Intended to raise awareness on a prolonged
  basis
• Provides ongoing education and resources
• Classroom presentations for all grade levels
• Parent presentations
• Staff presentations
• School council presentations
• Monthly school newsletters and
• parent information
• Support for consistent and clear response and
  intervention

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PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI LORD, Make
me a channel of Thy peace, that were there is
hatred, I may bring love that where there is
wrong, I may bring the spirit of
forgiveness that where there is discord, I
may bring harmony that where there is doubt,
I may bring faith. Amen.