1. HAHASO Ms. Ekman Social Worker Ms. Ekman Social Worker

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3. HAHASO What can I do if I am being teased  Help  Assert  Humor  Avoid  Self-talk  Own it  Help  Assert  Humor  Avoid  Self-talk  Own it

4. Get Help  Get help from an adult or a friend  “I need help”  “Can you help me”  Lets say you are being teased in gym, you could have a friend come over and stand with you against the comments.  “That isn’t cool”  Get help from an adult or a friend  “I need help”  “Can you help me”  Lets say you are being teased in gym, you could have a friend come over and stand with you against the comments.  “That isn’t cool”

5. Assert Yourself  Standing up for yourself when someone else teases/bullies you.  I don’t like it when you_______.  It’s mean/unfair and I want you to stop.  Standing up for yourself when someone else teases/bullies you.  I don’t like it when you_______.  It’s mean/unfair and I want you to stop.

6. I MESSAGE I feel______________. (Emotions- sad, happy, mad, scared)  When you__________. (What the person did)  I wish you would________.(What you would like them to do instead) I feel______________. (Emotions- sad, happy, mad, scared)  When you__________. (What the person did)  I wish you would________.(What you would like them to do instead)

7. Humor  Use your humor to diffuse the situation.  Green shirt  Walmart/Target  Hair/clown  Use your humor to diffuse the situation.  Green shirt  Walmart/Target  Hair/clown

8. Avoid  Is where you either stay out of the situation completely or go the other way when you see something about to happen.  Ignore- eyes away, ears away, mouth closed  Is where you either stay out of the situation completely or go the other way when you see something about to happen.  Ignore- eyes away, ears away, mouth closed

9. Self Talk  Is what you say to yourself when someone teases you.  You have a choice about what you think about yourself!  Cool thoughts vs. Hot thoughts  I can believe the tease or think something positive  Is what you say to yourself when someone teases you.  You have a choice about what you think about yourself!  Cool thoughts vs. Hot thoughts  I can believe the tease or think something positive

10. Cool Thoughts vs. Hot Thoughts  Cool Self-Talk is what you say to yourself that make your problem smaller and easier to deal with.  Hot Self-Talk can make your problem bigger and cause you to act in a way that might have negative consequences.  Cool Self-Talk is what you say to yourself that make your problem smaller and easier to deal with.  Hot Self-Talk can make your problem bigger and cause you to act in a way that might have negative consequences.

11. Own it  If someone says something to you and it’s true, go ahead and say that it is true.  Example- “That shirt is ugly.” Yeah I know, my mom made me wear it.  If someone says something to you and it’s true, go ahead and say that it is true.  Example- “That shirt is ugly.” Yeah I know, my mom made me wear it.

13. Practice Time/Questions  Scenario- someone is teasing you in the lunchroom  Scenario- some bigger kids are going to “beat you up” after school  Scenario- a student keeps calling you names by your locker  Scenario- your friend keeps teasing you  Scenario- someone is teasing you in the lunchroom  Scenario- some bigger kids are going to “beat you up” after school  Scenario- a student keeps calling you names by your locker  Scenario- your friend keeps teasing you