© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. 1 Bullying Prevention Keeping Kids Safe, Happy and Making Them Strong Starts By Preventing Bullying!

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. We also want instructors to understand the real needs child students have… –Kidz ‘n Power - Child Abduction –Kidz ‘n Power - Bullying Prevention –Kidz ‘n Power - When Bullying Turns To Physical Agression – Coming at Fall Nationals We wanted to create a program that is… –Effective for teaching in our environment –Easy to learn –Easy to implement in your school –Useable in many ways… Goals

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Why Bullying Prevention for ATA? The most common danger kids face is bullying… –Serious bullying impacts 1 out of 3 kids –Teachers only catch 5% of bullying behavior –Bullying leads to other problems… Partial list – anxiety, depression, suicide ideation, physical ailments, lower academic achievement 60% of kids who were bullies were convicted of a felony before the age of 25. Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP)

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Different approaches - Common ground… –OBPP –ATA Olweus and ATA… Change In School Environment / Culture –Self Contained –Can Influence: –Kids, Parents, Teachers, –Staff, Administration –Facility (environment) Preventing Bullying In External Environments –Has to be effective in any environment –Can Influence (primarily): –Kids (but only students), –Parents (of students) Public School Community Public School Community ATA Academy Other Kids

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Dr. Marlene Snyder: –Insert introductory information Olweus Bullying Prevention (OBPP)

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. We wanted to create a program that is… –Effective for teaching in our environment –Easy to learn –Easy to implement in your school –Easy to use in many ways… ATA’s Program

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Two Complementary Approaches… –OBPP –ATA ATA’s Approaches… Change In School Environment / Culture –Self Contained –Can Influence: –Kids, Parents, Teachers, –Staff, Administration –Facility (environment) Preventing Bullying In External Environments –Has to be effective in any environment –Can Influence (primarily): –Kids (but only students), –Parents (of students) Public School Community Public School Community ATA Academy Other Kids

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. One Bullying Prevention Program For… –Our Current And New Kids –Our Parents –Community Image –School Involvement –Marketing ATA’s Targets… Public School Community ATA Academy Other Kids

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Designed to be applied as either: –A 1 hour seminar (or more) For internal clinics Promotional days External programs –12 “Snippets” of 5 minute classes For use directly in your Karate for Kids program Can be used with Tiny Tiger or Karate Kids All you or your instructors have to learn is one system for all applications Bullying Prevention Curriculum

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. It works like this… Bullying Prevention Curriculum So when you learn the planner today, you will know everything you need for your classes or a seminar…

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. First, start in regular classes… –Option 1: Make it part of all your regular classes –Option 2: Make it part of your Basic or first program classes If you do this – have a 1 hr kickoff class/seminar for students so they get all the training. Applied to: Current & New Kids

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Enrollment / Introductory Class… During Intro, Prior to Intro “Lesson”: “Now Mrs. Jones, when you start at Karate for Kids we are building your child’s future by helping them first stay safe mentally and physically. As I am sure you know the most common problem your child can have in school is being bullied and the most dangerous situation you and they face is them being abducted – almost 2,000 kids a day. Today we are going to address what to do in case they are threatened by abduction and you’re going to be part of this as well, OK?” Intro Lesson: not that much different – use KNP techniques instead of punch, high block or whatever (or use punch and high block relating to abduction) AND relate to topic they wanted most when they came in – self-confidence, self-discipline, fitness… Following Intro “Lesson”: “…pretty soon we will be discussing what to do when you are bullied at school so you will be ready for anything! Johnny are you ready to work hard and be a Black Belt?” When they schedule their first classes: Show schedule and make next class a group class, the following one private, the following one group and the following one private and the privates are on bullying. I already do this rotation in my schools and we upgrade after 2 nd private. This way the group classes can go on a regular ATA schedule. Applied to: Current & New Kids

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Applied to: Current & New Kids So your curriculum may look like... © All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Most Dangerous Threat (Abduction) Current KNP Most Dangerous Threat (Abduction) Current KNP Most Common Threat (Bullying 2-3 classes) OBPP? Most Common Threat (Bullying 2-3 classes) OBPP? When Bullying Turns to Violence 5 -6 classes Could be 12 self-defenses and this would be the “standard” kids ATA curriculum for self- defense instead of what’s in the BBC book Once the instructors learn them they can rotate 2 per test cycle or however they want We can post online video 6x a year When Bullying Turns to Violence 5 -6 classes Could be 12 self-defenses and this would be the “standard” kids ATA curriculum for self- defense instead of what’s in the BBC book Once the instructors learn them they can rotate 2 per test cycle or however they want We can post online video 6x a year Self-Confidence Self-Discipline Safety (cont’d) Fitness Ongoing…. Could be 12 self-defenses and this would be the “standard” kids ATA curriculum for self-defense instead of what’s in the BBC book Once the instructors learn them they can rotate 2 per test cycle or however they want We can post online video 6x a year Self-Confidence Self-Discipline Safety (cont’d) Fitness Ongoing…. Could be 12 self-defenses and this would be the “standard” kids ATA curriculum for self-defense instead of what’s in the BBC book Once the instructors learn them they can rotate 2 per test cycle or however they want We can post online video 6x a year

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Your real market is Parents of Kids… In the past you had to try and explain why you were teaching all this kicking and punching stuff… Now you have a new message… Applied to: Parents

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Uses of the “Seminar Format”… Applied To: Community

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. There are lots of ways you should be getting into schools: Meeting With Principal Partner In Education Letters Faculty Breakfast Externals Top Student Awards Fund Raising PE Classes Teacher Appreciation Show and Tells Bookmarkers, Folders, Stuff… PTO Talks… Applied To: Schools

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. ‘Partner in Education’ letter Applied To: Schools

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Ads Use community, school and outreach to build membership… Applied To: Marketing Public School Community ATA Academy Other Kids

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. You know about the issue of Bullying… You have a Bullying Prevention curriculum… –Effective –Easy to learn –Easy to implement –Useable in many ways You have tools to use inside your school… You have tools to use externally… Summary

© All materials are copyrighted by The American Taekwondo Association. No unauthorized use is permitted. Fall Nationals – Expand on what you learned and get Chief Master Caruso on… –When Bullying Turns to Physical Aggression What’s Next…