Overview

• Behavioral Interventions

• Bully Prevention

• Dropout Prevention Timeline

• Forms & Publications

• General Academic Strategies

• Resources

• Suicidal Thoughts or Feelings

• Tips for Study and Organization

• McKinney-Vento Homeless Act

What is Bullying?

Bullying can be defined legally as acts of written or spoken words that are meant to intimidate or harm a person including their property.

Types of Bullying?

1. Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes:

   • Teasing

   • Name-calling

   • Inappropriate sexual comments

   • Taunting

   • Threatening to cause harm

2. Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes:

   • Leaving someone out on purpose

   • Telling other children not to be friends with someone

   • Spreading rumors about someone

   • Embarrassing someone in public

3. Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Physical bullying includes:

   • Hitting/kicking/pinching

   • Spitting

   • Tripping/pushing

   • Taking or breaking someone’s things

   • Making mean or rude hand gestures

4. Types of Bullying

   http://www.ncschoolcounselor.org/Resources/Documents/Responsive%20Services%20Docs/Bullying%20Prevention/types%20of%20bullying.pdf

• What Parents Should Know About Bullying

  Bullying can be an isolating experience — not just for the kids involved — but for their parents, too. Fortunately, there is help. This guide offers a comprehensive overview for parents to learn what they can do to address and prevent bullying.

  https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/a-new-parents-guide-to-social-media Bully Prevention / NCDPI

Aggressive and unwanted behavior is another way of defining bullying among school aged children. It can seen as a real or even perceived form of gaining power. It is not a one time occurrence but happens repetitively, over time. (definition by stopbullying.gov).

In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:

• An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power — such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity — to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.

• Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once.

• Bullying Info and Facts

  http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/info-facts.asp

• Bullying Prevention Resources

  http://www.stopbullying.gov/

  http://www.pacer.org/bullying/

  http://www.pbis.org/school/bully-prevention

  http://www.commonsensemedia.org/cyberbullying

  http://www.pacer.org/bullying/

• Bullying Prevention: Steps to Address Bullying in Schools

  http://www.ncschoolcounselor.org/Resources/Documents/Responsive%20Services%20Docs/Bullying%20Prevention/steps%20to%20address%20bullying.pdf