1. Bullying
Unit 1

2. Types of Bullying Verbal Social Physical Indirect Intimidation
Cyberbulling

3. Verbal Bullying includes actions such as
name calling
teasing
stating threats
joking about a appearance, religion, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status, etc.
making offensive remarks
verbal attacks
Example: A group of students who call a certain student names because he/she can‘t run as fast the others.

4. Social Bullying includes actions such as
making fun of somebody by pointing out their differences
leaving somebody out of activities or from a group on purpose
spreading rumors or made-up stories about somebody
breaking up friendships
Example: A group of students who make fun of another student because he/she can‘t run as fast as everyone else.

5. Physical Bullying includes actions such as
hitting
kicking
punching
shoving
destroying something that belongs to somebody else
theft
Example: When somebody is unexpectedly being shoved to the ground by somebody.

6. Indirect Bullying includes actions such as
spreading rumors or stories about somebody
telling others about something that was told to you in private
leaving somebody out of activities or from a group on purpose
Example: When you start a rumor that a boy in your class likes playing with dolls and the reason that you made up the story was because you thought it was funny.

7. Intimidation Bullying
includes actions such as
threatening somebody
frightening somebody to make him/her do what the bully wants

8. Cyberbulling
when somebody is sending mean, threatening or vulgar messages and pictures or posting private and sensitive information about a person using communication technologies.
can take place in social media, chatrooms, discussion forums, via , instant messaging, on blogs, etc.

9. Characteristics of a Bully
having both socially an psychologically difficulties adjusting to their environments
having difficulties making friends and often being loners
thinking that those in power are also the decision-makers
having a sense of superiority, self-centeredness and lack of empathy
showing violent and aggressive behavior learned from their home environments, their friends or even the media
are more likely men than women
taking part in smoking and drinking alcohol
doing poorly in school
poor coping skills
associating with violent peers

10. Warning Signs of bullying
Acts differently than usual
Unexplained injuries, cuts and bruises
Sleeping troubles or frequent bad dreams
Changes in eating habits
Wears damaged clothes
Is missing clothes or other belongings
Reports losing items such as smartphone, clothing, jewelry or money
Lies, steals or runs away
Has fewer friends or talks about not having friends or loosing them
Excessive drug or alcohol use
Loses interest in visiting and talking to friends
Is afraid of going to school or other activities that used to be fun
Begins to do poorly in school
Talks about suicide or hurting themselves
Feels sad, angry, anxious or depressed
Feels helpless
Avoids school or certain places
Blames themselves for their problems
Aggression with others
Refusing to talk about what happens at school

11. Avoiding bullying Pay attention
Get involved with the bully, the bullied and the bystander
Give support
Establish clear ground rules
Create a cooperative classroom
Never ever look away