Prevention and Tips

What to do if you are Being Bullied

Talk to a teacher, counselor, or parent.  They will help you with your situation.

There are two numbers that are staffed by professionals who can give you support one is 1-800-4CHILD and 1-800-273-talk.

Tips

Tips for Children

Children who are being cyberbullied may feel helpless. It’s important that they understand that cyberbullying is not okay and they don’t have to put up with it. Here are few useful tips to share with your child about how to handle cyberbullying.

  • Don’t respond. Your reaction is what the bully wants—don’t give it to them.
  • Don’t retaliate. Getting even just makes you a bully too and generates a cycle of aggression.
  • Talk to an adult you trust. Talk to a parent, a teacher, or school counselor. If there isn’t an adult you feel comfortable speaking to, try to report the behavior anonymously at school.
  • Save the evidence. One good thing about cyberbullying is that the evidence can be saved and shown to someone who may be able to help
  • Don’t be a passive bystander. If you get a hurtful message about someone else, don’t forward it along. Let the person who sent it to you know that what they’re doing is not okay, or report the behavior.


Read more: http://www.healthline.com/health-feature/cyberbullying#ixzz15qeTv74g
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Bullying is pervasive in our schools. Over 150,000 students stay home from school each day to avoid harassment from their peers. An estimated 1.6 million young people in grades six through ten are bullied at least once a week. Many young people feel helpless in these situations. They need to know what to do if they are bullied or if they are a witness to bullying. Through expert advice and students' real-life experiences, Stop Bullying! gives students concrete steps they can take to respond to bullying. Stop Bullying! features nationally acclaimed and Emmy-nominated youth speaker, Mark Brown, who has dedicated his career to helping young people all over the USA. Jamaican-born Brown uses his own personal experience with having been bullied as he speaks to thousands of kids each year about the importance of tolerance and respect. appropriate for Jr. High School and up.

"SCARS" tells the story of a popular middle school student named Billy, whom along with his best friends, picks on a smaller boy named Christopher. Christopher, who lost his mother to cancer six months earlier, remains the target of cruel remarks; even those about his mom.

The commitment to helping resolve the epidemic of childhood bullying began in 1992 with the Broken Toy Project; what started out as a video in 1992...grew to a national educational program in 1994, as a cry to understand...to comprehend...to once and for all do something about the verbal and physical abuses affecting thousands of children every day. The Broken Toy Project is striving to make schools a safer, more learning conducive environment, by helping to reduce the impact bullying has on its victims.

 

Naomi is having a difficult time in life right now. She is still dealing with the tragic hotel fire death of her immediate family, and while living with her loving grandparents far away from old friends, she is being verbally and emotionally bullied by uncaring kids at her new school.

Every day Naomi has to come home from a bad day at school to the big, not yet home, farmhouse that belongs to her grandparents.

Her grandparents know that their granddaughter isn’t very happy, and they try to show her that they love her and will do everything they can to help her with this problem at school. But at present Grandma is having her own problems to deal with; bad nightmares that seem to center around a particular moon-faced doll…a doll that is actually in Naomi’s room.

Something else is happening too. ‘Someone’ appears to be reaching out ‘from the past’ to help Grandma and Naomi. But who is this person? Why is Grandma having these dreams in the first place; and why is this moon-faced doll an integral part of the story?

The answers to these questions and ‘more’ are waiting to be discovered by kids and adults alike, when they see "Empty Shadows," a very moving story centered around childhood bullying. Study guide included for classroom settings.

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Action Steps for Educators

What You Can Do

If you are being bullied...
Reach Out

Tell an adult. Sometimes you may have to tell more than one trusted adult.
Ask your friends to help you. There is safety in numbers.
Practice what to say the next time you're bullied with your parents, teachers or friends.

Be Cool in the Moment

Stay calm and confident. Don't show the bully that you're sad or mad.
Ignore the bully and walk away.
Remember: Fighting back can make bullying worse.

Change the School Community

Work with others to stop bully behavior; your whole school will benefit.
Remember: A lot of kids have to cope with bullying. You are not alone. No one deserves to be bullied.

If you witness bullying...
Interrupt It

Stand next to, or speak up for, the person being bullied.
Ask the bully to stop.
Comfort the person being bullied and offer friendship.

Get Help

Walk away and get help.
Find an adult who can intervene.

If you are the bully...
Make a Commitment to Change

Talk to an adult, like a teacher or parent, about how to get along with others.
Ask a friend to help you stop your bully behavior.
Apologize to the kids you have bullied.

Focus on Empathy and Responsibility

Think about what it feels like to be bullied -- would you want to be treated that way?
Before you speak, think about whether your words will help or hurt another student.

Change Your Behavior

Resist peer pressure to bully.
If you start to bully, walk away and find something else to do.
Remember: You don't have to like everyone around you, but you have to treat everyone with respect.

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