BEECHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

Stopping
the Hate
EXAMINING AND PREVENTING BULLYING
SYMPOSIUM
OVERVIEW
TODAY'S DISCUSSION

Defining Bullying
Types of Bullying
Signs of Bullying
Cyberbullying
Addressing Bullying
TRUE FRIENDSHIP

Never do a wrong thing to

make a friend—or to keep one.
Robert E. Lee
DEFINING BULLYING
WHAT IT IS & WHAT IT'S NOT

Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more. Most of the
time, they’re presented before an audience. It serves a variety of
purposes, making them powerful tools for convincing and teaching.
 THE AGGRESSOR THE VICTIM

Presentations are Presentations are

communication tools that communication tools that
can be used as lectures. can be used as lectures.
TYPES OF BULLYING
Physical
Presentations are communication tools that can be used
as demonstrations, lectures, reports, and more.

Verbal
Presentations are communication tools that can be used
as demonstrations, lectures, reports, and more.

Social
Presentations are communication tools that can be used
as demonstrations, lectures, reports, and more.
Signs of Bullying

EMOTIONAL Presentations are communication tools that

can be used as lectures.

PHYSICAL Presentations are communication tools that

can be used as lectures.

BEHAVIORAL Presentations are communication tools that

can be used as lectures.

OTHER SIGNS Presentations are communication tools that

can be used as lectures.
 28% 20%
Grade 6-12 students who Grade 9-12 students who
experience bullying in experience bullying in
the US the US
CYBERBULLYING
TECHNOLOGY-BASED HARASSMENT

Presentations are communication tools

that can be used as demonstrations.
A PREVALENT PROBLEM

34%
Teens who reported themselves
as victims of cyberbullying
40
VICTIMIZATION
30 RATES
20
STUDENT DATA FROM
10
2010 TO 2020
0
Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4
Presentations are communication tools
that can be used as lectures.
 Addressing Bullying

Principal School Staff

Presentations are communication tools Presentations are communication tools
that can be used as lectures. that can be used as lectures.

Parents/Guardians Students
Presentations are communication tools Presentations are communication tools
that can be used as lectures. that can be used as lectures.

BH S 2020 | Bu llyi n g Presen tati on

 Severity

SCHOOL
APPROACH Impact

FACTORS TO CONSIDER

Illegality
UNDERSTANDING BULLYING

INTO THE MIND

OF A BULLY
Gateway behaviors and response
 Bully starts action.
Presentations are
communication tools.

CYCLE OF Bully's followers and

BULLYING supporters participate.
Presentations are
BREAKING DOWN communication tools.
THE PROCESS
Disengaged onlookers do
not intervene.
Presentations are
communication tools.
Report to school authorities.
Presentations are communication tools.

Involve the police. What

Presentations are communication tools.
Victims
Can Do
Seek help from
professional groups.
Presentations are communication tools.
Presentations are
communication
tools that can be
used as
demonstrations,
lectures, speeches,
reports, and more.
 WHAT BYSTANDERS CAN DO
HOW YOU CAN BE AN UPSTANDER

Interrupt the bully. Point out Reach out and

unacceptable support the victim.
Presentations are behavior.
communication tools Presentations are
that can be used as Presentations are tools communication tools
demonstrations, that can be used that can be used
lectures, and more. as lectures. as lectures.
WHERE DO YOU FIT IN THE CYCLE?
Reflect if you're a bully, victim, supporter, and defender.
FAMOUS
PERSONALITIES WHO
WERE BULLIED

Presentations are
communication tools that
can be used as lectures.
 THE BHS GUIDANCE OFFICE
ENSURING A BULLY-FREE CAMPUS

Grayson Burch Taliyah Maynard Marianna Joyner

School Counselor School Psychologist Social Worker
REFLECTING ON YOUR
BEHAVIOR
Think of a time you were in a situation that
involved bullying.
Presentations are communication tools.

What did you do then?

Presentations are communication tools.

What would you have done differently?

Presentations are communication tools.
REFERENCES
ONLINE SOURCES

Cyberbullying facts and statistics for 2016-2018

by Sam Cook

Understanding Bullying Behavior

by Elizabeth Kandel Englander

Bystanders to Bullying
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services