BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM

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BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM

• Keith Valley Middle School
• Presented by
• Barbara Whitelock Assistant Principal
• Dr. Andrew Osborne - Guidance
• Olweus Committee

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Bullying - What is it?
A child is being bullied when he or she is
exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative
actions on the part of one or more students.
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• Bullying implies an imbalance in power or
  strength
• The student who is bullied has difficulty
  defending himself/herself

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Direct Bullying

• Physical hitting, kicking, shoving, spitting
• Verbal taunting, teasing, making degrading
  comment
• Non-verbal threatening or obscene gestures

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Indirect Bullying

• Physical getting others to do their dirty
  work - henchmen
• Verbal spreading rumors
• Non-verbal deliberate exclusion, relational
  bullying, cyber bullying

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Whats the difference between

• Rough Play
• Real Fighting
• Bullying

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What can we do?
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IMPLEMENT OLWEUS

• So, who is this Olweus anyway
• The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is a
  research-based Bullying Prevention Program that
  is being implemented at Keith Valley Middle
  School.

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Olweus (continued)

• Easy to implement and corresponds with our
  Character Education Initiative
• Creates a better school climate
• Provides the tools to identify and track data
  regarding bullying incidents
• Involves the bystanders to become active
  participants

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Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

• WHY WE DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT
• Recognized by the Office of Justice and
  Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of
  Education, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health
  Services Administration as a Best Practice.
• Effective in reducing bullying and related
  anti-social behavior by 50 in schools where it
  has been implemented

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Olweus Bullying Program

• HOW WE IMPLEMENTED
• Surveyed current 7th and 8th grade students in
  June, 2005

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OLWEUS BULLYING SURVEY RESULTS

• Administered to this years current 7th and 8th
  grade students in June, 2005
• Girls 305
• Boys 410
• Total 715

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Survey Results

• Combination of boys and girls
• 56.1 liked school
• 61.7 had 4 or more friends in their classes
• 51.5 had not been bullied in the past couple
  of months
• 48.5 had been bullied in the past couple of
  months

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Survey Results (continued)

• Of the 48.5 who had been bullied in the past
  couple of months at school.
• 30 had been bullied once or twice
• 10.9 2-3 times a week
• 4.5 once a week
• 3.1 several times a week

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Types of Bullying Reported

• Of the students who reported bullying
• 50.3 were called mean names or made fun of in a
  hurtful way
• 39.3 were purposely excluded from their friends
  or completely ignored
• 22.9 were hit, kicked, pushed, shoved around or
  locked indoors
• 39.7 had false rumors/lies spread about them to
  make others dislike them

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Duration of Bullying

• Boys and Girls Combined(Statistics from students
  who reported being bullied 2-3x a month)
• 11.7 have been bullied for a month
• 32.5 have been bullied about 6 months
• 13.3 have been bullied about a year
• 20.0 have been bullied for several years

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Bullying Self-Reports

• 72.7 have told someone that they have been
  bullied
• Of those 72.7
• 75.8 have told a sibling or friend
• 48.5 have told a parent/guardian
• 44.7 have told a teacher or other adult at
  school

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Student Empathy Level

• 41.4 feel a bit sorry when they see a student
  being bullied at school
• 32.1 feel sorry and want to help the bullied
  student
• 32.6 feel they ought to help when they see a
  student being bullied
• 31.9 try to help the student being bullied

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Student Empathy (continued)

• Do you think you could join in bullying a
  student whom you don't like?
• 20.3 responded "Yes" 
• 17.6 responded "yes,maybe" and
• 19.3 responded "I don't know"  
• A total of 57.1 could potentially join in
  bullying someone they dont like  

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Olweus Bullying Program

• HOW WE IMPLEMENTED
• Training was provided
• by Olweus County Coordinator
• Bullying prevention committee was trained during
  June in-service days
• KV staff was trained during August in-service
  days

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Olweus

• Involves the school and the community
• Committee members observed the program first hand
  at Northley Middle School

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Implementation

• Olweus was introduced to KV students on November
  15, 2005 with a special assembly program entitled
  
• Be the Change
• Our first class meeting was held
• Parent introduction to program at November and
  December HSA meetings
• Parent and community night in January

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HOW DOES OLWEUS WORK?

• Awareness
• Education
• Identification
• Intervention
• Tracking
• are the main components of the
• Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

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AWARENESS AND EDUCATION

• Students, teachers, and parents become aware of
  how harmful bullying behaviors are to others.
• Students are educated through class meetings
  which will be held the 2nd Tuesday of each month

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IDENTIFICATION

• School personnel identify targets, as well as
  those who are involved in bullying behaviors

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INTERVENTION AND TRACKING

• School personnel take appropriate action when
  necessary and make referrals
• Behavioral tracking forms are in place to ensure
  effective communication among all involved
  parties

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CONCLUSION

• IMPLEMENTING OLWEUS HELPS CREATE A SCHOOL
  ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AND
  BUILD AN ATMOSPHERE OF RESPECT AND TRUST