Вы находитесь на странице: 1из 89

stopping

the cycle

exploring
high school
bullying

prepared by
Diana Ashrafhosseseini
Ashley Daniel Foot
Petra Hicks EDPC 505
Cari Li Crisis/Trauma Intervention
Maya Volpato
Patricia Ann Wallace

Sunday, November 21, 2010


stopping
the cycle

defining
bullying

exploring
prepared by
Petra Hicks
high school
bullying

Sunday, November 21, 2010


stopping
the cycle

“A person is being
bullied when he or
she is exposed,
repeatedly and over
time, to negative
actions on the part of
one or more other
persons”.
Olweus,1991,1993 (as cited in Kaiser & Rasminsky, 2009, p, 280

w h a t i s
bullying
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

t e e n a g e r s t a l k
high school bullying
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

•Physical
•Verbal
•Relational
•Cyberbullying
•Sexual harassment

Kaiser & Rasminsky (2009)

t y p e s o f
bullying
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

•About 6% of students aged


12-19 report bullying on a
weekly basis
• About 8% report that they
are victims of bullying
weekly
•About 1% report that they
are both victimized and bully
others on a weekly basis

Public Safet Canada (2008)

C a n a d i a n
Statistics
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

•Bullying is about establishing


status, power and control
•More boys are involved in physical
Bulling
• in the form of physical attacks
and aggressive behavior
•Boys use verbal aggression
•More boys sexually harass others
•More boys are bully-victims
Kaiser & Rasminsky (2009)
Public Safety Canada (2008)
O’Neil (n.d)

BOYS
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

•Bullying is about establishing


status, power and control
•More boys are involved in physical
Bulling
• in the form of physical attacks
and aggressive behavior
•Boys use verbal aggression
•More boys sexually harass others
•More boys are bully-victims
Gruber & Fineran (2007)
Fineran & Bennett 1999 ( as cited in Gruber & Fineran 2007)
Dake, Price & Telljohanna (2003)
O’Neil (n.d.)

GIRLS
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

•Absenteeism
•Suffer from psychiatric problems
•Suffer symptoms of depression
•Experience suicidal ideation or
even committing suicide
•Suffer from eating disorders
•Suffer feelings of loneliness
•Have problems with school
adjustment
Dake, Price & Telljohanna (2003, p.3)
O’Niel (n.d)

EFFECTS
Sunday, November 21, 2010
R E F E R E N C E S

Anonymous bullying (2007) Retrieved from http://www.montrealfamilies.ca/articles/sept_feature1.htm

Dake, J. A., Price, J. H., & Telljohann, S. K. (2003). The Nature and Extent of Bullying at School: Journal of
School Health, 73(5), 173-180.
doi : 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2003.tb03599x

Gruber, J. E, & Fineran, S., (2007). The Impact of Bullying and Sexual Harassment on Middle and High School
Girls. Violence Against Women, 13 (6), 627-623
doi: 10.1177/1077801207301557

Kaiser, B., & Rasminsky, J. S. (2009). Challenging Behavior in Elementary and Middle School, NJ: Pearson.

O’Neil, S. (n.d). Bullying by Tweens and Teens Girls: A literature, Policy and Resource Review
Kookaburra Consulting inc

Public Safety Canda (2008). Retrieved from http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/res/cp/res/_fl/2008-BP-01-eng.pdf

Teen ask for help to deal with bullies (2010) Retrieved from http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/04/05/teens-ask-
help-deal-bullies

Sunday, November 21, 2010


D I S C U S S I O N

•As teachers what strategies have


you used to curb bullying?
•What are the names of the coping
strategies that adolescents use ?

Sunday, November 21, 2010


stopping
the cycle

CYBERBULLYING

exploring
prepared by
Diana Ashrafhosseini
high school
bullying

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Cyberbullying
“Cyberbullying is any behavior performed through electronic
or digital media by individuals or groups that repeatedly
communicates hostile or aggressive messages intended
to inflict harm or discomfort on others.” Tokunaga (2010)

• One of the most recent types of bullying

• Usually starts at the schools and continues at home

• 3 conditions: Behavior is repeated, involves psychological


harm & carried out with intent

– Cassidy, Jackson & Brown (2009)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Why is cyberbullying becoming
an increasing problem?
• More than 97% of youth in Canada and US
have access to Internet in some way

• A communicating tool where identities and


personalities are altered.

• Students have their own cellphones


Tokunaga (2010)
Cassidy, Jackson & Brown (2009)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Cyberbullying versus Traditional
Bullying
• Both have similar core motives

• Both have similar outcomes

• Main difference: Cyberbullying extends


beyond school grounds and follows the
targets into their homes.
Tokunaga (2010)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


The difference between
Cyberbullying and Traditional
• 1.Students who would not otherwise engage in traditional
bullying behaviors do so online due to the anonymity
offered through electronic media.

• 2. The lack of supervision in electronic media from


teachers, school administrators or parents.

• 3. The accessibility to the target – victims can be reached


through their cellular phones, e-mail, and instant
messaging at any given time of the day whereas traditional
bullying usually occurs during school hours.
Tokunaga (2010)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Who is more likely to be a victim
of cyberbullying?
• Grades 7-8: more likely to be bullies and be bullied

• Girls / boys: mixed results when looking at different


studies but in general boys are just as likely as girls to be
a victim of cyberbullying

• Minorities: based on race, culture, religion, sexual


orientation, etc.

• Students who show low self-esteem

Tokunaga (2010)
Cassidy, Jackson & Brown (2009)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Outcomes of Cyberbullying
• Depends on the frequency, length and severity of acts
• Related to:
– mental health problems
– social problems
– drop in academic
– quality of family relationships

• Also apparent are psychosocial problems and negative


moods (depression, social anxiety, lowering levels of
self-esteem, emotional distress, anger, sadness)

– Tokunaga (2010)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Strategies for dealing with
Cyberbullying
• Active versus passive strategies

• Technological coping strategies

• Approx. 15-35% of youths confront cyberbulliers by telling


them to stop

• Why do they rarely report to adults?


– Necessary skills
– Perceived as childish
– May limit own freedom

Tokunaga (2010)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


To Witness Cyberbullying
• Reporting an incident to the police

• More likely to report to school officials when


they witness cyberbullying

• In both cases, students are more likely to tell


friends than adults (70% vs 18%)
Cassidy, Jackson & Brown (2009)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Solutions to cyberbullying
1. develop programs to teach students about cyberbullying and its effects;
( 19%)
2. set up an anonymous phone-in line where students can report
cyberbullying; (18%)
3. make it known that the school does not tolerate cyberbullying;
4. punish students who participate in cyberbullying;
5. have a zero tolerance policy towards cyberbullying;
6. involve the police in cases of cyberbullying;
7. get parents, students and school staff together to talk about solutions;
8. develop a positive school culture where students learn to be kind to each other;
9. offer lots of extra-curricular activities so students won’t have time to cyberbully;
10. work on creating positive self-esteem in students.

• The Kid’s Help Phone


Cassidy, Jackson & Brown (2009)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


stopping
the cycle

racial
bullying

exploring
prepared by
Cary Li
high school
bullying

Sunday, November 21, 2010


“ I walk by, some teens call me
“Filipino” and stuff.

“During gym class, some teens want to


take off my yarmulke.”

“ They think that all Chinese is good at


Maths, so they always ask me to copy
my homework . . . they will be nice to me
only if they want something …”

“Yeah. They want to bully us cause they


think we are not strong. But our
tradition value just . . .don’t want us to
quarrel…”
Sunday, November 21, 2010
What kind of bullying being
involved ?

Ethno  culturally-­‐based  /  racial  bullying

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Who  are  marginalized  in  our  society  may  be  at  high  risk  for  
vic8miza8on?

 Minority  groups  :

Racial
  Ethnic
Religious

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Canadian  Sta)s)cs
•20%  of  the  Canadian  popula7on  was  born  in  
another  country

•    19%  of  children  under  the  age  of  15        


                         
•Almost  70%  of  the  children  had  no  knowledge  of  
English  when  they  came.  

((Sta7s7cs  Canada,  2006))

Sunday, November 21, 2010


The  prevalence  of  racial  bullying  

• 8  to  19%  of  middle  school  students  


reported  being  bullied  because  of  their  
ethnicity.  

• 21%  of  high  school  students  from  minority  


groups  reported  being  bullied  because  of  
their  ethnicity.  
(Craig,  W.,  2004)
**  40%  in  USA

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Which  group  is  most  at  risk  for  racial  
vic8miza8on?
• African  Canadian?

• Asian  Canadian?  

–  East  Asian-­‐Canadian  (e.g.  Chinese,  Japanese)


– South  Asian-­‐Canadian  (e.g.  Filipino)  
–  South  East  Asian-­‐Canadian  (e.g.  Indian)

• European  Canadian?

• Na7ve-­‐Canadian  ?

Sunday, November 21, 2010


A  Canadian  Study

•  By  Anne-­‐Claire  LarocheKe  and  her  colleges,  2009

• Examined  the  rela8onships  among  race,  immigrant  status,  


and  different  types  of  bullying

Sunday, November 21, 2010


The  samples  :  
Elementary    &  High  school  students
• European-­‐Canadian  -­‐-­‐90.1  %    
• The  rest  are  different  Racial  minori7es    9.9%:
–African-­‐Canadian-­‐-­‐1.6  %
–  East  Asian-­‐Canadian  (e.g.  Chinese,  Japanese)-­‐-­‐2.7%  
–South  Asian-­‐Canadian  (e.g.  Filipino)  -­‐-­‐1.8  %  
–  South  East  Asian-­‐Canadian  (e.g.  Indian)-­‐-­‐1.8%
–Na7ve-­‐Canadian  -­‐-­‐2  %

Sunday, November 21, 2010


High  school  students
• 366  high  school  students

•  from  grades  10  to  12

• Completed  a  bullying  ques7onnaire  

• one  year  apart

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Which  is  the  most  at  risk  group  for  
racial  vic8miza8on
• African  Canadian?

• Asian  Canadian?  

• European  Canadian?

• Na7ve-­‐Canadian  ?

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Types  of  Racial  bullying  

Harassment

• Physical  violence
– Involving  throwing  things,  hiUng,  outnumbering…

Physical  bullying  :  Boys  ≥    girls

• Verbal  abuse
– Menacing  forms,  including  racial  slurs  or  name-­‐calling
Related  to  language  or  ethnicity,  
           Such  as,  imita8ng  Chinese  speech  ;  calling  a  par8cipant  
“nigger.”

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Types  of  Racial  bullying  

Stereotypes
• Girls  Academic  ability

• Boys    A^tude,  Physical  weakness


       E.g.  Chinese  males  are  “less  masculine”  or  “weaker”;
                     Black  are  rough  and  outraged.

                                                                                                                                           (Pierson,  2004)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Types  of  Racial  bullying  

Meaning-­‐making  

Includes  3  different  levels:


1. the  micro  level(individual  )
2. the  meso  level(communi8es  and  
organiza8ons)
3. the  macro  level  (social  structures,  ideologies,  
and  policies  )

(Belle  Liang,  et  al  2010)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Types  of  Racial  bullying  
Social  exclusion
• Aggravated  when  an  immigrant  youth  is  a  
visible  minority  and  is  trying  to  adjust  to  a  
new  cultural  environment.
                                                               (Anne-­‐Claire  LarocheKe,  
2010)

Double-­‐bind

(Belle  Liang  et  al.,  2007)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Other  individual  factors  
• School  size
• School  climate
• Teacher  &  Parents’  racial  aUtudes
•  Racial  mixing  and  racial  fairness

• Others?    

Sunday, November 21, 2010


hool   s uppor t  
r   div e r s it y   &   s c
Teache

Racial  Bullying

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Consequences
Those  Racial  bullying  experiences  nega7vely  affect  youths’  
mental  health  and  well-­‐being  in  long  term.                  
                               (Belle  Liang  et  al.,  2007)

–Shame  of  their  race


–Lack  of  ethnic  iden7ty  development
–Depressive  symptoms  
–Commit  suicides
–Commit  outrages  on  innocent  one

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Annie’s  story—Part  1
  When  I  was  15,  I  had  moved  to  Montreal,  where  the  diversity  
was  high  and  my  hopes  were  high  on  making  some  new  friends…I  bit  
off  a  liKle  more  than  I  could  chew.  Since  the  language  barrier,  I  was  
enrolled  in  a  middle  school;  I  had  been  placed  with  two-­‐more-­‐grade  
younger  students.    I  felt  embarrassed  and  incompetent.  Moreover,  
lack  of  proficiency  of  English  and  French  made  me  feeling  I  was  slow,  
alienated  and  rejected.    No  maKer  how  hard  I  tried  to  aKract  others  
to  me,  few  had  wanted  anything  to  do  with  me.  .Some8mes,  I  walked  
on  the  hallway  and  someone  imitated    "  the  Chinese  dull  girl".    From  
then  on,  I  didn’t  feel  like  ea8ng,  talking,  even  doing  much  of  anything.    
 
  At  the  same  8me,  I  was  overwhelmed  by  the  loss  of  friends,  
family  members  and  community.  Honestly,  it  is  hard  for  me  to  
communicate  my  losses  while  being  expected  to  learn  a  new  
language,  adopt  new  customs  and  do  well  in  school.  And  I  was  fear  to  
talk  to  my  parents  about  what  happened,  since  I  didn't  want  to  
disappoint  them.
 

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Annie’s  story—Part  2
    The  worst  is  now,  I  am  in  high  school.  I  feel  that  the  white  
and  black  teens  have  all  the  control  and  they  can  do  whatever  
they  want.  They  treat  me  as  an  outsider  and  so  they  will  always  
discriminate  against  me.    The  only  thing  that  I  can  gain  a  liKle  of  
respect  if  they  forgot  to  do  their  work  and  ask  me  to  copy  my  
work.  I  can  only  say  yes,  if  not,  they  will  look  at  me  with  a  very  
special  or  mean  glare  .  .  .  I  feel  like  I  just  made  an  enemy.  I  always  
heard  some  messages  they  are  sending  to  me,  “We  don’t  want  
you  here.  Why  don’t  you  go  and  kill  yourself?  No  one  will  miss  
you.  “
 
    Every  day,  as  I  sit  at  home,  I  consider  using  any  of  the  
household  products  to  end  my  life.  Like  hanging  myself  by  the  
ceiling  lamp,  or  cuUng  myself  with  one  of  the  kitchen  knives,  or  
raiding  my  mother’s  medicine  cabinet  swallowing  every  pill  I  can  
find  with  a  swig  of  alcohol.  But…no,  that  was  the  coward’s  way  
out,  and  I  couldn’t  bear  giving  my  parents  or  family  the  scenario  
of  finding  my  corpse  on  the  floor…

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Case  Analysis  Exercise  
• Team  1:  By  using  Triage  Assessment  Model
(TAF)  to  assess  Annie’s  crisis  reac8ons    in  the  
affec8ve,  behavioural  and  cogni8ve  domain.

• Team  2:  By  using  American  Academy  of  Crisis  


Interveners  Lethality  Scale  to  iden8fy  Annie’s  
current  concerns  and  triggers  to  the  crisis.  E.g    
the  persistence  of  suicidal  thoughts  ,the  ability  
to  control  

Sunday, November 21, 2010


References
• Anne-Claire Larochette, Ashley Nicole Murphy and Wendy M. Craig, (2010).
Racial Bullying and Victimization in Canadian School-Aged Children
Individual and School Level Effects: School Psychology International
Copyright © 2010 SAGE Publications (Los Angeles, London, New Delhi,
Singapore and Washington DC), Vol. 31(4): 389–408.
• Craig, W. (2004). Bullying and Fighting. In William Boyce (Ed.) Young people
in Canada: their health and well-being. Health Canada, HBSC: Health
Behaviours in School-Aged Children, a World Health Organization Cross-
National Study, pp. 87-96.
• Killen, M. and Stangor, C. (2001). Children’s social reasoning about inclusion
and exclusion in gender and race peer group contexts. Child Development 72,
174–86.
• Liang, Belle , Grossman, Jennifer M. and Deguchi, Makiko(2007) 'Chinese
American Middle School Youths' Experiences of Discrimination and
Stereotyping', Qualitative Research in Psychology, 4: 1, 187 — 205
• Rose Merrell-James (2006). Intra-racial bullying: An issue of multicultural
counselling. Persistently Safe Schools 2006: Collaborating with Students,
Families, and Communities

Sunday, November 21, 2010


stopping
the cycle

LG BT T T I Q
bullying

exploring
prepared by
Ashley Daniel Foot
high school
bullying

Sunday, November 21, 2010


LGBTTTIQ

Lesbian/Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual ?


Transgender, Two-Spirited, Intersex, and Queer
full definition is @
http://bit.ly/lgbtttiq
Sunday, November 21, 2010
F A C T

Since we started this class on September 7, nine


young men have committed suicide due to anti-
gay, homophobic bullying.

reference

Sunday, November 21, 2010


F A C T

Just three Fridays ago, Brandon Bittner threw


himself in front of a truck on busy highway in
Middleburg, PA.

reference

Sunday, November 21, 2010


stopping
the cycle

Seth Walsh

Asher Brown

Billy Lucas

lgbtttiq bullying
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

EPIDEMIC

STAT S
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

STAT S
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

89%
heard the word “gay” in a
negative way

84%
verbally harrased due to
sexual orientation

STAT S
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

52.9%
victim of cyberbullying
due to sexual orientation

58.1%
PHYSICALLY harassed
and assaulted because of
sexual orientation

STAT S
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

23.2%
chance that someone who
has been attacked or
harassed because of
sexual orientation or
perceived sexual
orientation will attempt
suicide.

STAT S
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

97%
of US teachers fail to
respond when they hear
anti-gay comments.

http://www.metrock.gov/HEALTHdatawatch/bullying.pdf

STAT S
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

So what happens to bullied


LGBTTTIQ students at
school?

❖ Truancy (skipping class)


❖ Fights at school
❖ 1.5 times more likely to have
carried a weapon at school.
❖ Suicide attempts
❖Suicide
http://www.metrock.gov/HEALTHdatawatch/bullying.pdf

CONSEQUENCES
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

AGENCY

INTERVENTIONS
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

Resisting
Challenging
Interrogating
questioning

INTERVENTIONS
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

Safer schools
legal mandates
supportive climate
queer youth
developme n
INTERVENTIONS
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

No tokenism
curriculum
integration
Separate programs
Gay- straight
alliances
INTERVENTIONS
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

INTERVENTIONS
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

INTERVENTIONS
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

It Gets Better Project

P r o j e c t 10 M o n t r e a l

Yo u t h L i n e M o n t r e a l

RESOURCES
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

THE ANSWER?
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

nomorebul
lying.tumb
lr.com
web links
videos
articles
pdf of the presentation
resources
raw data and more....

MINI SITE
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

bullying
workshop

exploring
prepared by
Patricia Ann Wallace
high school
bullying

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Dr.  Gordon  Neufeld  Workshop

Bullies:    Their  Making  and  Unmaking

“We  need  to  make  sure  we  can  send  


them  back  out  there  safely,  before  
we  before  we  create  a  safe  place  for  
them  to  be  in.”    Patricia

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Where  does  it  come  from?
• NOT  Gene7c
• NOT  Behavioral
• Bullying  is  a  developmental  issue  that  involves  
“wayward”  or  “aberrant”  ins7ncts.    It  is  not  a  
learnt  behavior  so  it  cannot  be  unlearnt.

Sunday, November 21, 2010


A  Working  defini8on
• Bullies  assert  dominance  by  exploi7ng  
vulnerability  of  others.    This  is  accomplished  
through  put  downs  and  through  in7mida7on.    
• Not  all  aggressive  and  mean  behavior  is  
considered  bullying.

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Projec8on  of  Purpose
• This  has  led  psychologists  off  on  the  wrong  track.    
Essen7ally  the  projec7on  of  purpose  is  to  come  
up  with  some  idea  as  to  why  a  bully  does  what  s/
he  does  (bullying)  then  to  project  that  purpose  
unto  the  bully.    Psychologists  formulate  
interven7ons  based  on  what  we  think  the  reason  
is,  dealing  with  the  situa7on  as  if  the  purpose  
were  valid.    This  could  lead  to  making  situa7ons  
worse.

Sunday, November 21, 2010


AKachment  Theory

• John  Bowlby  (1988)


• Aiachment  theory  is  a  theory  (or  group  of  
theories)  about  the  psychological  tendency  to  
seek  closeness  to  another  person,  to  feel  secure  
when  that  person  is  present,  and  to  feel  anxious  
when  that  person  is  absent.  

Sunday, November 21, 2010


AKachment  Theory
Characteris*cs  of  A/achment
• Safe  Haven:  When  the  child  feel  threatened  or  afraid,  he  
or  she  can  return  to  the  caregiver  for  comfort  and  
soothing.
• Secure  Base:  The  caregiver  provides  a  secure  and  
dependable  base  for  the  child  to  explore  the  world.
• Proximity  Maintenance:  The  child  strives  to  stay  near  
the  caregiver,  thus  keeping  the  child  safe.
• Separa*on  Distress:  When  separated  from  the  caregiver,  
the  child  will  become  upset  and  distressed.

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Neufeld’s  Theory
• Entrenched  in  the  Aiachment  Theory  and  
Hierarchy
• Two  essen7al  components  contribu7ng  to  the  
Bully  Syndrome:    Aiachment  -­‐  alpha  ins7ncts  
(compelled  to  dominate)  and  Defended  against  
vulnerability  (devoid  of  caring  and  responsibility).    
Each  alone  does  not  make  a  bully  but  the  two  
together  are  necessary

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Traits  of  a  bully
• Schools  have  become  bully  factories.    It  use  to  be  
that  you  would  know  who  the  bullies  were.    
However,  there  are  so  many  bullies  in  schools  
that  our  children  are  now  “walking  amongst  the  
bullies”  which  is  very  different  that  what  we  
encountered  as  children.
• A  bully  has  to  get  his/her  own  way,  demands  
deference,  is  sensi7ve  to  slight,  full  of  foul  
frustra7on  and  backs  into  aiachment.

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Interven8ons
• It  is  difficulty  to  outline  the  interven8ons  without  
discussing  the  theories  behind  what  makes  a  bully.    
• There  are  models  that  work  but  we  may  not  
understand  why  they  are  working.    It  is  important  
to  look  at  the  theories  or  philosophies  involved.
• One  of  the  key  components  is  the  establishing  of  a  
caring  dominances.    This  involves  many  steps  but  it  
is  essen8al  to  “collect  the  alpha  child”  and  provide  
a  “touch  of  proximity”

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Children  aren’t  responsible  for  each  
other
• Adults  are  responsible  to  work  with  the  bullies  
and  work  with  the  vic7ms.    It  is  not  the  
responsibility  of  the  vic7ms  to  change  bullies
• In  order  to  keep  children  safe,  both  the  bullies  
and  the  vic7ms  need  to  be  shielded  by  safe  and  
caring  rela7onships

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Resource  (to  be  added  to  group  list)
• PREVNet  (www.prevnet.ca)  

         The  Promo*ng  Rela*onships  and  Elimina*ng  Violence  


Network  is  a  coali8on  of  Canadians  concerned  about  bullying.  
The  mission  of  PREVNet  is  to  develop  a  na8onal  strategy  to  
reduce  problems  of  bullying  and  vic8miza8on  throughout  
Canada.  Recognizing  that  bullying  is  a  community  problem  
evident  across  the  lifespan,  and  not  just  a  problem  in  schools,  
PREVNet  u8lizes  a  collabora8ve  model  that  establishes  
partnerships  with  researchers  from  universi8es  across  Canada,  
na8onal  nongovernmental  organiza8ons  (NGOs),  and  
governments  in  order  to  create  safe,  healthy  environments  for  
all  Canadian  children  and  youth

Sunday, November 21, 2010


stopping
the cycle

live
interventions

exploring
prepared by
Maya Volpato
high school
bullying

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Student Code of Conduct
• “We do not tolerate inappropriate language or
tone, insults, harassment, bullying, or other
hurtful acts.”
• Applies on school property, school buses or
at school authorized events or activities

• Section 242 of the Education Act gives the


Board the power to expel students for “just
and sufficient cause”;
–“this Board believes…, acts of intimidation,
violence, or threat of violence are deemed
“just and sufficient cause.”
Centennial Regional High School Governing Board, 2005.

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Disciplinary Repercussions
1) Student’s parents/guardians are informed

2) Referral to support centre for consultation

3) Possible suspension and or expulsion


depending on severity

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Behavioral Technicians report…
• Cyber bullying
* (threats, harassment, name calling)

–Facebook
–Text messaging
–MSN
–You Tube
–Teacher as victims

* Major grey area dilemmas


-when is it a school problem?
Public Safety Canada (2008)

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Behavioral Technicians report…
• Social bullying prevalent in grade 8-9 girls
–Rejection
–Social isolation
–Spreading rumours
–Possessiveness with friends

• Importance in breaking trends carried over


from elementary school to high school
bullying

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Prevention
• Administration, teachers and behavioural techs
meet middle school staff annually to discuss
concerns;
–teens at risk for bullying
–current bullies
–intimidating cliques
–providing professional development
• Sensitization
–inappropriate jokes & remarks
• Student Leadership committee
–empowering students to create change
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Helping Victims
• Support center counseling
• Empowerment tools
• After school sports, clubs, activities
• Self defense tools
• Self-esteem activities
• Buddy system with positive role model
• Taking leadership stance in coming forth

Sunday, November 21, 2010


Dealing with Bullies
• Support center counseling
• Often a bully is a victim of bullying
• Teaching mediation techniques
• Safe confrontational discussions between
victim and bully
• Disciplinary action
• Importance of parental involvement in
creating change

Sunday, November 21, 2010


What's the message?
• Importance of a collaborative approach

–Teachers
–Behavioural Technicians
–Guidance Counsellors
–Administration
–Coaches
–Students
–Staff from feeder school
–Parental involvement
–Community
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
stopping
the cycle

e x p l o r i n g
high school bullying
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Вам также может понравиться