...Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance (StopBullying.gov). Students everywhere get bullied for numerous reasons. The school faculty then take it into their hands to resolve the issue. However, not every measure taken is a wise one. Studies show that schools with anti-bullying programs are 1.2 times more likely to experience increased bullying. Anti-bullying programs are a great way to get the message across, but only when they are effective. These effective programs are ones that encourage a more positive approach rather than encouraging more violence. Bullying is often not taken as seriously as it should be. Although, studies show that bullying has decreased over...
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...Anti-Bullying Programs Maryann Johnston DeVry University Anti-Bullying Programs “You may have noticed that this years’ trendy trauma is bullying, which replaces last years’ obesity.” (Nachman, 2011). In his article Gerald Nachman recounts how years ago it was a part of being a kid in school to be teased at some point and it made you a stronger person to come through school surviving the process. There has been an increase in the sensational media coverage of violence attributed to bullying. Almost weekly, there are headline news items concerning acts of violence committed on school grounds, which involve shootings of innocent students by disgruntled gunmen. The underlying cause is portrayed to be a result of some sort of bullying at the hands of peers. One such incident which occurred in an Ohio High School resulted in the death of three students. The gunman’s motives were not clear but, “Yet even as police worked to secure the crime scene, one word quickly attached to the unfolding drama: bullying.” (Cloud, 2012). Further investigation discovered a connection to one of the victims through a former girlfriend of the shooter. The gunman had a troubled family situation which may have contributed to his resorting to violence as a solution. His case was one of bullying his classmates while being a victim of his rough childhood. As a result of these news items there has been a furor which has reached all the way to the President, who has urged school officials to push for legislation...
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.... Bullying is a major problem in schools today. Many states have made laws designed to protect students from being bullied and enabling them to punish students who are guilty of bullying their peers. Different schools have implemented different anti-bullying programs in order to stop bullying within their schools. There is a great deal of debate as to which of these programs are effective and which are ineffective and how to truly measure effectiveness. The Steps to Respect Bully Intervention program and the Safe School Ambassador Program are among the many programs that schools currently use to address the bullying epidemic. Steps to Respect Bully Intervention Program is a school-based bully prevention program developed for grades 3-6. The goal of the program is to decrease school bullying problems by increasing staff awareness and responsiveness, fostering socially responsible beliefs, and teaching social-emotional skills to counter bullying and promote healthy relationships. The program aims to promote skills associated with general social competence. The program consists of 3 main components. The first component is a school-wide program guide which provides an overview of the curriculum content, the goals of the program, the research foundations behind the program, and a blueprint for developing school-wide policy and procedure. The second component of the program is staff training which focuses on effective discipline policies, improved monitoring of students...
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...Harm August 24, 2013 After School Project: Stop Bullying Introduction There is no doubt that every child has experienced a case of bullying at some point in its life. While the issue of bullying is one of the most overlooked issues, many children have reported having undergone some kind of consequences from bullying. Acts of bullying involves physical contact, facial expressions or gestures, verbal assault, and other acts that might lead to victimization. Psychological effects of bullying on school going children include fear of going to school, low self-esteem, and discomfort. Engaging children in after school bulling prevention programs provides an ideal platform for informing people that bullying is an activity that cannot be tolerated within the school environment. If designed and implemented according to plan, a bullying after school project is appropriate in helping to reduce and minimize cases of bullying within the school environment. The Bronx Anti-bullying after school project aims at raising awareness on bullying and educating children within the community on the dangers of bullying. It also engages students in activities that suggest possible solutions to counter the issue of bullying. Overview of the project The Bronx Anti-bullying after school project is a program developed to enlighten and empower kids within Bronx on the need to avoid or prevent cases of bullying within and outside the school environment. It is also aimed at engaging...
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...Bullying Laws Worsen the Cause “Strict Anti-bullying Laws Could Actually Make Matters Worse” reports that “Following the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, an event blamed partly on the bullying of the two shooters, 48 states enacted strict anti-bullying laws…Despite such an aggressive approach, however, the problem has not disappeared.” The United States’ battle against bullying has been ineffective, even though anti-bullying laws have been enacted. As school personnel, researchers, and parents can understand, the solution to bullying does not pertain to anti-bullying laws. Instead, schools should rely more on effective ways to stop all cases of bullying, such as prevention programs, policies, rules, and research supported remedies. Using...
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...Youth at Risk Prevention Proposal – XYZ High School Anti-Bullying Program 20130228 Juvenile Justice Prevention Program Proposal Section 1. DESCRIBE THE TARGET GROUP The direct target group is the current freshman class at suburban middle class XYZ High School (XYZHS). Naturally, as the sophomore, junior, and senior classes matriculate through the school, they will be indirectly affected by the program and expected to hold true to the lessons and values taught in the anti-bullying curricula during their freshman year. The demographic for the direct and indirect target groups are as follows: • General Demographic o The population of residents ages 15 to 19 for the school district is 9,075 making up roughly 8.3 of the county population (Harnett County Schools, NC General Demographic Characteristics, n.d.). o Of the 108,885 residents, 71% are white, 23% are African American, 2% claim American Indian or Alaskan native as their race, 1.3% are Asian, 0.2% claim Pacific Islander, and 5.5% claim some other race (Harnett County Schools, NC General Demographic Characteristics, n.d.). o 9,171 residents or 8.4 of the county population are of Hispanic or Latino descent (Harnett County Schools, NC General Demographic Characteristics, n.d.). • Social Characteristics o Out of 39, 356 households, 1,130 are single fathers with kids under 18, and 3,918 are single mothers with kids under 18 (Harnett County Schools, NC Social Characteristics...
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...The Need for Enhanced Anti-Bullying Laws and School Programs Lisa Aparicio Saint Joseph’s College The Need for Enhanced Anti-Bullying Laws and School Programs Bullying was traditionally considered rites of passage, something all children and youth must go through. This is a myth. In today’s violent growing society, bullying has been responsible for several acts of non-punishable crimes. The lack of attention to implementing and enforcing anti-bullying state laws, and funding anti-bullying school programs, is only making this problem worse. There is not enough being done to help prevent bullying, and the reason behind this is merely because, not enough is being enforced by our government and schools systems. There are those who believe that enforcing and creating anti-bullying laws are somewhat of a psychological Greek tragedy. There are those who believe that “When we advocate for laws against bullying, we declare the failure of psychology to solve the problem” (Kalman, 2010). They fail to realize that the lives of victims can’t be relied on the “slight chance” of psychology solving the problem. The truth of the matter is, there are people committing suicide and/or thinking about it, because of day to day bullying. It’s going to take more than just trusting psychology to do its magic. Anti-bullying laws have been claimed to be placed in almost every state in the U.S. However, after going through several of the state laws shown in the State School Healthy...
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...A six year old child calls another child ugly. Should this child be charged with bullying? I would say absolutely NOT! So where do we draw the line with the anti-bullying law? Who decide what exactly can be considered bullying? I believe that our society has forgotten how to teach our children to love themselves despite what someone else might say! It is a shame that children are taking their lives because someone is bullying them. The recent rise in adolescence suicide is evidence of this. I believe that these issues are solely based on a child's self-esteem. I think the responsibility lies on the parents to teach their children how to love themselves. It is silly that simple childhood name calling can cause a child to be arrested. What happened to the old saying of teaching a child to have "tough skin?" No, instead we blame the school and everyone else for not protecting the child. Children need to be taught how to have high self-esteem. We have become a generation that seems to lack time and interest in our children. A parent's daily reminder that a child is pretty, or smart, or has nice eye, can help build a child's self-esteem. Yet, instead we work long hours trying to achieve this American dream of the rags to riches ideology. We now choose to blame the system for our lack of involvement. Bullying is unavoibable, but it is the adults who need to change how they respond to it by not running to the courtrooms. We’re talking about kids. Kids — and I don’t want to ruin anybody’s...
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...stop fraternity in school. B. Objectives 1: To know the effects of fraternity in a person. 2: To make a solution about fraternity. 3: To enforce the law about fraternity. C. Hypothesis 1: If every school has a program against fraternity hood then the case of joining fraternity will be lessen. 2: If the school institution are not aware of having fraternity gang it will stay as a big problem of school and of course the student who are the victim of this case. 3: If the parents and school institution help to the implementation law about compulsory joining of some students in fraternity and discipline to every student then the student will be aware to the consequence of joining into this brotherhood. C. Scope and Delimination This study shall focus on fraternity which is the cause of destroying the education and lives of every student who are suffering in this worst form of brotherhood. It shall also present the law against compulsory recruiting and this study and also promote or present the difference program against joining or compulsory recruiting of students in fraternities in every school institution . Much of this data shall be on its safe official page that is made and pilot by the school head. E. Definition of term. ...
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...to End Bullying” Every individual longs to be accepted and happy, but in today’s society it is not so simple as too many people are engaging in the terrible act of bullying. Webster’s Dictionary defines bullying as the use of force, threat or coercion to abuse, intimidate or aggressively to impose dominance over others. Bullying in its various forms is one of the new emerging problems that many children and teenagers have to face daily at school or while practicing extracurricular activities away from their parents’ view and protection. This behavior is often habitual and is primarily because of a difference in class, race, gender, religion, sexuality, appearance, behavior, just to name a few. Bullying is a leading social issue among adolescents today whom of which are trying to find their place in the world. In fact, StopBullying.gov expresses that “28% of U. S. students in grades 6–12 have experienced bullying at some point”(Facts About Bullying). It is also important that the victims have an individual of which they feel secure to report the incidents before it is too late. Two solutions to prevent future students from being victimized and put a stop to bullying once and for all include promoting anti-bullying campaigns and mentor programs regarding the effects of bullying and encouraging how the victim can take a stand as well as implementing laws and policies that punish the bully for their actions. Though these acts differ, both contribute to end of bullying. Because...
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...the United States, and other First World countries, have access to educational resources. Yet, around 160,000 children in the United States alone miss school because of bullying (Phoenix & Honda, “Our children Faces a Bullying Epidemic”). Since most bullying takes place at school, it is imperative that these schools take actions by implementing anti-bullying policies into their school code of conduct. The schools are primarily responsible for reducing bullying among students and must seek effective solutions to this growing problem. Bullying would not be such a huge problem if school officials stepped up and started intervening. But how can they intervene when many cannot even recognize signs of bullying, or have not been trained on how to properly handle the situation? If not handled correctly, it can worsen and create more issues for the victims. In a survey done by Frank Barone, principal of Amsterdam High School New York, teachers believed approximately 16% of students are bullied victims (Barone,80). Barone also surveyed students, 58% of whom revealed that they are bullied victims. He found three core reasons as to why teachers and faculty members do not recognize bullying. First, the teachers believed that the bullied victims have to learn to stand up for themselves on their own. Second, they see bullying every day to the point that have become immune to it, and thus hardly recognize it anymore. Lastly, they do not have the resources or the time to intervene because they...
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...To: Parents of students (general audience). From: Anthony Garin. Bullying and its regulation in Canada. Date: April 6, 2015 Anti-bullying laws and regulations have long been a topic of debate in legislative institutions. Although it is not until relatively recently that bullying has become a spotlight of legal and ethical scrutiny in local context. Most likely it is an effect of a trend of deeper enquiry into social fabric and increased social awareness. There is even an established bullying awareness week. As a result of that, and a questionable position of bullying regulations or in some cases their absence, there needs to be a change to keep up in the regulating aspect of bullying treatment. Through presented problems and arguments we...
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...Federal Government Prevention of Bullying We have all heard the words; the words that tear us down and break us apart. A person can only bend so far before they break. No one is immune to it, we are all capable of bullying. By no means is bullying right; often times the repercussions of being bullied are devastating. Although there is no Federal law currently in place to prevent bullying, there are discrimination and harassment laws and many states have anti-bullying laws; there is hope for the Federal government to follow suit in enacting anti-bullying laws. Bullying in the United States is continuing to get expand, but the awareness of bullying is also increasing. There are several ideas of what exactly bullying is. The most common definition of bullying is “purposeful attempts to control another person through verbal abuse - which can be in the tone of voice or in content such as teasing or threats.” Sometimes the verbal abuse turns into physical abuse. Bullying is not limited to just schools; bullying is taking place in workplaces, homes, nursing homes and even in the military ("Why do People Bully?"). Research has proven that bullying happens more frequently in the middle school age years than any other school years (“New ways to stop bullying”). Over 160,000 children stay home from school every day in fear of being bullied (“Bullying and Suicide”). Seven percent of eight grade students stay home at least one day a month due to continued bullying and harassment by other students...
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...Historically, in cases of peer-to-peer abuse, whether physical or emotional, the blame is laid on the belligerent boys or girls. The bystanders who hover, chime in, or squirm on the outskirts of the 'mean' action are dismissed as irrelevant. Also dismissed are those who spread the tale of the victim's woe through the grapevine. In truth, however, this supporting cast plays a significant role in peer-to-peer violence....Bystanders make or break bullying episodes." (Our Children) This article examines the role of the bystander in bullying incidents and outlines some strategies to help encourage young bystanders to act in these situations. OUR CHILDREN Nov./Dec. 2003, pp. 8-10 Reprinted with permission from National PTA. Article originally appeared in OUR CHILDREN magazine, Vol.29, No.3, November/December 2003 pp. 8-10. The Bystander: A Bully's Often-Unrecognized Accomplice By Margaret Sagarese and Charlene C. Giannetti A few years ago, an upstate New York newspaper headline noted that 60 high school girls and boys, ages 14 to 21, faced criminal prosecution for leering at and cheering on two brawling 15-year-old boys. The headline and accompanying story startled us. What we found amazing about this news item was that the police were holding "the human boxing ring" accountable. The "innocent bystander" status usually accorded people on the periphery of such violence was ruled out. The furor over the Glenbrook North High School (Northbrook, Illinois)...
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...Bullying in Schools: Can It Be Stopped? Even though schools face cost issues in education of staff and anti-bullying enforcement, bullying is a serious problem that is not being properly addressed. With the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado, where on April 20, 1999 two students started a massacre where 12 students and one teacher were killed, and suicides in multiple places, it’s clear that bullying causes tragedies. All of the events, in some way, are related to bullying. In recent years, there has been more media coverage of incidences of bullying and its repercussions. There was a girl in Massachusetts named Phoebe Prince that after being bullied for months went home after school on January 14, 2010 and committed suicide by hanging herself. She just couldn’t take it anymore. Prior to this, the school where she went did little in the ways of anti-bullying education. According to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “In 2007, about 32 percent of 12- to 18-year-old students reported having been bullied at school during the school year and 4 percent reported having been cyber-bullied”(“Indicator 11”). Our children are dying due to being bullied at school. My own children have gone through being bullied at school. My twelve-year-old was bullied to the point of being physically injured. As a parent, I find this unacceptable. The following graph shows these numbers: Figure 11.1. Percentage of students ages...
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