Bullying Prevention and Intervention

Winning the War Against Bullying: It Begins with Administrators and Faculty

How Bullying Affects Children Nearly one in five students in an average classroom is experiencing bullying in some way. The rest of the students, called bystanders, are also affected by the bullying.

Students Who Bully Others Students who intentionally bully others should be held accountable for their actions. Those who bully their peers are also more likely than those students who do not bully others to *: Get into frequent fights Steal and vandalize property Drink alcohol and smoke Report poor grades Perceive a negative climate at school Carry a weapon Schools with Bullying Issues When bullying continues and a school does not take action, the entire school climate can be affected in the following ways: The school develops an environment of fear and disrespect Students have difficulty learning Students feel insecure Students dislike school Students perceive that teachers and staff have little control and don't care about them

Section 16-28B-6 Duties of schools. Section 16-28B-6 Duties of schools. Each school shall do all of the following: (1) Develop and implement evidence-based practices to promote a school environment that is free of harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence. (2) Develop and implement evidence-based practices to prevent harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence based, as a minimum, on the criteria established by this chapter and local board policy, and to intervene when such incidents occur. (3) Incorporate into civility, citizenship, and character education curricula awareness of and sensitivity to the prohibitions of this chapter and local board policy against harassment, intimidation, violence, and threats of violence. (4) Report statistics to the local board of actual violence, submitted reports of threats of violence, and harassment. The local board shall provide the statistics of the school system and each school in the school system to the department for posting on the department website. The posted statistics shall be available to the public and any state or federal agency requiring the information. The identity of each student involved shall be protected and may not be posted on the department website. (Act , p. 1674, §6.)

Next Steps: Form a Antibullying committee or task force Design a school plan Schoolwide Antibullying pledge ceremony Each grade develop an Anti-bullying project Designate a school Anti-Bullying Week