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Bullying
Prevention
- What is
Bullying?
- Bullying
Prevention Tips
- Colorado
Legislation on Bullying
- Common
Myths About Bullying
- Bullying
Characteristics
- Bullying
Links
- Bullying
Resources
What
is Bullying?
"Bullying is repeated exposure, over time,
to negative actions from one or more other students.
Negative actions can include physical, verbal or
indirect actions that are intented to inflict injury
or discomfort upon another."
Bullying Prevention Tips
Students:
1. If bullied, tell your parents. Telling is not
tattling.
2. Tell a trusted teacher, counselor, principal,
or have your parents talk to the school.
3. Do not retaliate or get angry.
4. Respond evenly and firmly or say nothing and
walk away.
5. Develop friendships and stick up for each other.
6. Act confident.
7. Take a different route to and from school.
8. Avoid unsupervised areas of school.
9. Do not bring expensive items to school.
Parents:
1. Encourage your child to share problems with
you with the assurance that it is not tattling.
2. Praise and encourage your child - a confident
child is less likely to be bullied.
3. Help your child develop new friendships - new
peers can provide a new chance.
4. Maintain contact with your child's school.
Keep a detailed record of bullying episodes and
communication with the school.
5. Encourage your child to participate in sports
or physical activity to improve esteem.
Schools:
1. Establish a bullying prevention committee.
2. Create a long-term anti-bullying plan and raise
school and community awareness and involvement.
3. Use students surveys to determine if there
is a bullying problem.
4. Involve parents in planning, discussions and
action plans.
5. Establish classroom rules against bullying.
6. Create positive and negative consequences regarding
bullying.
7. Initiate serious talks with bullies and victims
of bullying.
Colorado
Legislation on Bullying
Colorado
Dept. of Education summary of Senate Bill 01-080,
"Safe Schools - Bullying Policy":
- Requires each school district to consult with
student councils, where available, when adopting
and implementing a safe school plan or when revising
existing plans or policies concerning safe schools.
- Requires each school district to include a specific
policy in the school district conduct and discipline
code concerning bullying prevention and education.
- Defines bullying to mean any written or verbal
expression, or physical act or gesture, or a pattern
thereof, that is intended to cause distress upon
one or more students in the school, on school
grounds, in school vehicles, at a designated school
bus stop, or at school activities or sanctioned
events.
- Requires each school to submit, in the annual
report to the state board of education, information
concerning the school's policy on bullying prevention
and education, including information related to
the development and implementation of any bullying
prevention programs.
To view the full text of the bill (as a PDF file),
as documented on the State of Colorado official
website, please click here.
Common Myths About Bullying
- Bullying is a consequence of large classes or
schools.
- Bullying is a result of competition and striving
for grades in school.
- Bullying is due to differences, such as being
over-weight, wearing glasses, having red hair,
unusual dialect, etc.
Bullying is Characterized
By
- Aggressive behavior or intentional "harmdoing".
- Repeatedly carried out over time.
- An interpersonal relationship characterized
by an imbalance of power.
Bullying Links
- Bullying
Resources
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