Bullying

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Bullying

• Presented by
• Christiana A. Pistilli

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Teacher INFOHow this ties in with the QEP

• Broad Area of Learning
• Citizenship Community life
• Learning respect for others
• Maintaining egalitarian relationships
• Rejecting all forms of exclusion.
• ESL Cycle 1 Secondary 1

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What is Bullying?

• Definition
• Its doing, saying, or acting in a way that
  hurts someone else or makes them feel bad on
  purpose.

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Kinds of Bullying

• Verbal
• Physical
• Social
• Extortion
• Cyber bullying

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Why do kids Bully?

• Most familiar responses
• I see others doing it.
• It's what you do if you want to hang out with the
  right crowd.
• It makes me feel, stronger, smarter, or better
  than the person I'm bullying.
• It's one of the best ways to keep others from
  bullying me.

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Effects of Bullying

• Stress
• Anxiety
• Academic failure
• Absenteeism
• Problems later in life

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Advice on how to deal with Bullying

• Tell an adult!
• Talk to a counsellor at school.
• Contact an organisation like
  Tel-Jeunes.
• Stay in a group
• Stand up to the bully
• Dont reply to on-line bullying

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What not to do

• Dont
• Think it's your fault.
• Fight back or bully a person back.
• Keep it to yourself and just hope the bullying
  will go away.
• Skip school or avoid clubs or sports
• Think that you're a "tattle tale" if you tell an
  adult
• Hurt yourself

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Now its time to use your Bullying knowledge
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Myth or Fact?

• Bullying is a school problem, the teachers should
  handle it.
• Bullying is learned behaviour and behaviours can
  be changed.
• Telling someone about it will just make it worse.

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Statistics

• Most bullying is_______.
• Bullying most often occurs at______ where there
  is minimal supervision.
• Up to ___ of sec. 1 students stay home at least
  1 a month because of bullies.
• Bullies identified by age____ are 6X more likely
  to be convicted of a crime by the time they reach
  the age of ____.
• Physical Verbal 7
• School 24 25
• playground 44 4

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Webisode

• Watch this Webisode carefully, you will be asked
  to answer a few questions after.
• http//www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp?Area
  webisodes
• Webisode 3

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Questions

• What type of bullying was Josh a victim of?
• How did he deal with the comments the Dweebs
  made about him?
• Why do you think Thorn use to pick on Josh?

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References

• Stop Bullying Now
• http//www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov
• Anti-Bullying Network
• http//www.antibullying.net/

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• Thank- You