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According to a new Character Counts
Study by the Josephson Institute of Ethics (the
largest ever undertaken of the attitudes and conduct
of high school students), nearly half (47%)
say they were bullied, teased, or taunted in a way
that seriously upset them in the past year. The
study reports the responses from 43,321
high school students. Nationally statistics have
shown in the past that 32% of
students reported being bullying during a one year
period.
Bullying awareness
is on the rise and this unacceptable behavior is
alive and growing in many of our schools. An
anti-bullying policy and program is part of a
comprehensive safe schools plan.
Resources are
available to help schools educate and implement
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Every seven minutes a
child is bullied on the playground. Every seven
seconds a teen is bullied by another teen. Each day,
160,000 students miss school for fear of being
bullied. These are just a few of the alarming
statistics about bullying in schools across the
country. |
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While bullying doesn’t cause
suicide, a stressful environment and persistent,
emotional victimization can increase a person’s risk of
suicide. Together, we can create awareness about the
dangers of bullying and give emotional support to those
who may be contemplating suicide. If you or someone you
know is in an emotional distress or suicidal crisis,
please call the Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK
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Kentucky
House Bill 91 "Bullying
Bill"
AN ACT relating to the safety, learning,
and well-being of students.
Amend KRS 158.440 to identify the Golden
Rule as the model for improving attitude and
the rule for conduct for all public school
students; require school districts to have
plans, policies, and procedures dealing with
measures for assisting students who are
engaging in disruptive and disorderly
behavior...
Text
Summary
(Kentucky
Legislature)
KDE Guidelines for Schools and Sample KSBA
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Olweus Website Map of
State Bullying Laws
Most states have laws to address
bullying, harassment, and
hazing. Some have a coordinator
to direct the state's violence
prevention efforts, and some
hold activities to highlight
those efforts. To view a state's
information, click on the state
in the map below. |
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NEW!
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US Education Department
Releases Analysis of State
Bullying Laws ...
Dec. 6, 2011 -
The U.S. Department of
Education released …
Analysis of State Bullying
Laws and Policies,
a new report summarizing current
approaches
in the 46 states with
anti-bullying laws and the 41
states that have created
anti-bullying policies as models
for schools. |
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Bullying School Survey |
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FREE Bullying Survey from the
University of Louisville-Use with HB 91
Assessment
Comprehensive Assessment of School Bullying
(CASB) is a self-report whether they engage
in each type of bullying behavior, and
whether they observe each type of bullying
behavior in the school. Contact
Dr. Nancy Cunningham,
502-852-0626. |
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KCSS Bullying Resources |
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Bullying Curriculum |
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 FREE RESOURCE
Operation Respect
is a non-profit organization working to assure
each child and youth a respectful, safe and compassionate climate of
learning where their academic, social and emotional development can take
place free of bullying, ridicule and violence.
Founded by Peter Yarrow of the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary, the
organization disseminates educational resources that are designed to
establish a climate that reduces the emotional and physical cruelty some
children inflict up on each other by behaviors such as ridicule,
bullying and-in extreme cases-violence.
Operation Respect
disseminates the DLAM programs free of charge.
More than 150,000 copies of the program have been distributed to
educators since Operation Respect's inception. |
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 The
Owning Up™ Curriculum provides a structured program for teaching
students to own up and take responsibility — as perpetrators,
bystanders, and targets — for unethical behavior. The curriculum
is designed for adolescent groups in schools and other settings.
The Owning Up™ Curriculum
presents a unique and comprehensive approach to preventing youth
violence by targeting the root causes of bullying and other
forms of social cruelty. It exposes the cultural expectations
that teach young people to humiliate and dehumanize others as
the way to achieve power and respect, then challenges them to
transform this dynamic. The program also addresses the nuanced
ways in which racism, classism, and homophobia are expressed in
our culture and affect social cruelty and violence
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Below is a sample of Rosalind's "Inbox" a Q/A addressing
the issues
Rosalind Wiseman answers a question from
Paula, whose daughter is being bullied by her older cousin. She
knows she shouldn’t tell her daughter to ignore the bullying,
but she wants to be tell the other adults in her family WHY
“Just walk away” is not a solution to the problem.
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Committee for Children Curriculum
The
research-based
STEPS TO RESPECT program teaches elementary students to
recognize, refuse, and report bullying, be assertive, and build
friendships. In fact, a recent
study
found that the program led to a 31 percent decline in bullying
and a 70 percent cut in destructive bystander behavior.
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Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum
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This
FREE, pioneering curriculum
is designed to empower students to think critically and make
informed choices about how they create, communicate, and treat
others in our ever-evolving, 24/7 digital world. (commonsensemedia) |
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Bullying
Classroom Lessons |
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Take a Bite Out of Crime®
See how you can help McGruff the
Crime Dog keep kids safe!
McGruff the Crime Dog and
pal, Scruff, bring ideas about kids
staying safe through games, videos,
advice, etc... (McGruff)
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PACER Kids Against Bullying
interactive website with lessons, videos, word games, coloring
sheets, and real life stories to use in classrooms with all
ages. Also, PACER has a
Site
4 Teens that includes lessons, interactivities,
skits and PowerPoints for classroom or assembly use. |
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A
bullying webquest
is available through TICK (Technology In
Classrooms of Kentucky), a repository of instructional lesson plans,
activities, and resources for teachers in Kentucky, built and
maintained by
KATE.
This webquest is aligned to core
content, POS, teacher and student technology standards. |
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Draw a Bully
(elementary and middle) To teach students
behaviors associated with bullying and how to identify a bully.
(North Carolina Dept. of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention)
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Bullying Reality Quiz
(grades 6-8
and 9-12) Students take a
quiz about school violence and create their own quiz on
bullying. (Educationworld.com)
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Recognizing Bullies (grades 7-8) This lesson is designed to
teach students how to recognize bullying and how to deal with it
in a proactive way. Students will
participate in an interactive two part lesson that incorporates
literacy, multi media, decision making skills and drama.
...scenarios...
(Teachers.net)
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Cruel Schools
(grades 6-8) These lessons help students to
describe the continuum of violence; identify
ways to personally make a difference in their school; state and
carry out the basics of research and data collection; gain
experience in drawing conclusions and summarizing concepts; and
participate in group/team activity to solve problems.
(Discoveryeducation.com)
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Lessons Plans through Thinkfinity – Verizon Foundation –
Fifteen lessons on bullying for elementary through high school
level. Including lessons from
General Information About Bullying
to
Working Together for a Bully-free Environment.
(Thinkfinity.org) Lesson such as:
A High-Interest Novel Helps Struggling Readers Confront Bullying
in Schools 9-12,
Chatting About Books Episode 37 — Confessions of a Former Bully
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Bullying Resources and Research |
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