1. Help Stop Bullying!
By Bobbie Stoner

2. What Is Bullying?
Any form of unwanted aggressive behavior that involve a child, physically or emotionally.

3. Types of Bullying!
Physical Bullying
Verbal Bullying
Social Bullying

4. Physical Bullying Hitting/Kicking Spitting Pushing Rude hand gestures
Taking or breaking others things

5. Verbal Bullying! Teasing Name-calling Inappropriate comments Taunting
Threatening

6. Social Bullying! Leaving someone out on purpose
Telling other children not to be friends with someone
Spreading rumors
Embarrassing someone in public

7. Where Bullying Happens!
1. In school
Playgrounds
Classrooms
Lunch room
Buses
2. Cyber Bullying
Social media networks
Chat rooms
Anywhere on the internet

8. How can we help? At School
Have a strict no bullying policy and enforcing it daily.
Creating support groups for children who have been bullied.
Talking with parents about what is going on.
Treating every child fairly and equal.
Creating a safe and comforting classroom.
Working together to help keep this school bully free.

9. How can we help? (cont’d)
Cyber Bullying
Put restrictions on the time allowed on the computer in the classroom.
Put restrictions on the websites that children can go to in the classroom.
Talk about this issue and how harmful it is to a child.
Talk with parents about this issue and encourage them to monitor children.

10. Responding to Bullying!
Stop it immediately!
Find out what happened.
Don’t just assume it is bullying.
Find out the facts.
Who was being bullied and who was the one bulling.
Who were the other kids involved.
Make sure that all children know that bulling is wrong
Support the kids involved.
Be more than a bystander.

11. Community Resources! National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
talk (8255)
D.A.R.E.
Arkansas Parent Training and Information Center
Jonesboro Stars Summer Program

12. References www.stopbullying.gov
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