Depoali Middle School

Recognize What Bullying is: An intentional written, verbal, or physical act against another student It can be: Verbal (Indirect and/or Direct) Physical Sexual Property

Refuse Refuse to listen to bullying behavior Tell people to stop Refuse to participate in bullying behavior Refuse to keep “secrets”

Report Bullying needs to be reported If adults don’t know, it will not change People you can tell at school: ANY ADULT Now that you can Recognize, Refuse & Report…Here is a possible technique to use:

Demonstrates a technique for dealing with bullying situations WALK TALK

Use the stop signal when students experience problem behavior or when they see another student experiencing problem behavior

Positive examples of when to use the stop signal might include: Karl pokes Sara in the back over and over while in line Melissa teases Oscar and calls him a derogatory name Joe tackles Sam while playing two-hand touch football Sean steals the ball away from Chris when they are not playing a game that involves stealing.

When not to use the stop signal: Alex accidentally breaks the double-dribble rule in basketball Amy makes a suggestion for a game that Lewis does not like Sam steals the ball away from Gabe when they are playing basketball: a game where stealing is appropriate Karl continues to poke Sara in line, even after Sara has delivered the stop signal

Sometimes, even when students tell others to “stop”, problem behavior will continue. When this happens, students are to "walk away" from the problem behavior. Walking away removes the reinforcement for problem behavior Students should encourage one another when they use the appropriate response WALK

Sometimes even when you use “stop” and you have “walked away” from the situation, students may continue to behave inappropriately toward you. If that happens, you should "talk" to an adult TALK

"Talking" is when you have tried to solve the problem yourself, and have used the "stop" and "walk" steps first: When you talk with an adult: They will ask you what the issue is They will ask what you have tried (stop & walk) They will ask you how that worked or didn’t work

****Important Note: If a student is in danger, the "stop" and "walk away" steps should be skipped, and the incident should be reported immediately. Sometimes students get frustrated by a situation and make choices that escalate it, or make it worse. In these situations only you can control how you react – make a positive choice for yourself.

Possible Discussion:  As a class, discuss a few scenarios that Stop, Walk and Talk could be applied to.  After discussing, write in your advisory journal: A situation, personal to you, that you could have used this technique and how it would have turned out differently.