Parent Liaison-Nicole Maldonado
School Counselor-Monica Dominguez
Social Worker-Lizeth Pinon
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Program Components
Classroom
School
Parents
Community
Individual
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The Olweus Bullying
Prevention Program IS...
• Designed for ALL students
• Preventive AND responsive
• Focused on changing norms and
restructuring the school setting
• Research-based
• NOT time-limited: Requires
systematic efforts over time
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What?
Who?
When?
Why?
Where?
How?
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Olweus Definition of Bullying:
“Bullying is when someone
repeatedly and on purpose says
or does mean or hurtful things to
another person who has a hard
time defending himself or
herself.”
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Three Key Components of
Bullying Behavior
1. Involves an aggressive
behavior
2. Typically involves a pattern of
behavior repeated over time
3. Imbalance of power or
strength
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Preventative steps to take
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Teach your child early on
Build your child’s self-esteem
Encourage extra-curricular activities
Teach and model good socialization
skills
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How can students be bullied?
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Physically
Verbally
Exclusion
Cyber Bullying
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Possible Warning Signs
• Torn clothes or damaged school
materials
• Bruises or cuts
• Few or no friends
• Doesn’t want to go to school
• Takes a long way home
• Has lost all interest in school
• Seems sad or doesn’t want to leave
his/her room
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What can you do as a parent
about the bullying?
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Don’t blame your child
Talk about the situation
Take good notes
Don’t encourage retaliation
Contact the school
Teach safe strategies
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What things should you not
do as a parent?
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Never ignore the bullying
Don’t take actions into you own hands
Don’t involve other siblings
Don’t criticize your child
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What to do if your child
bullies others.
• Let them know that you don’t approve
any kind of bullying
• Have rules in your family and enforce
them consistently with any type of
bullying
• Get them involved in positive actvities
• Share any concerns with your child’s
teacher
• Seek professional help if necessary
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Students Involved in Bullying:
Characteristics and
Risk Factors…
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Effects of Being Bullied
• Lower self-esteem
• Depression & anxiety
• Absenteeism & lowered
school achievement
• Thoughts of suicide
• Illness
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Characteristics of Bullied
Students
Research suggests two
categories of bullied
children:
– “submissive” or “passive
victims”
– “provocative victims”
or “bully-victims”
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Children at Higher Risk of
Being Bullied:
• Children with disabilities, special
needs, and health problems
• Children who are obese
• Children who are lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, or who are
questioning their identities
(GLBTQ) [TG CD #5]
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Concerns About
Children Who Bully
• Children who bully are more likely to:
– Get into frequent fights
– Be injured in a fight
– Steal, vandalize property
– Drink alcohol, smoke
– Be truant, drop out of school
– Report poorer academic achievement
– Perceive a negative climate at school
– Carry a weapon
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Children Who Bully
• Bullying may be part of a
conduct-disordered behavior
pattern
• This pattern may continue
into young adulthood
• Olweus study: Bullies were 4
times as likely to have 3 or more
convictions by age 24
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Common Myths About
Children who Bully
• “Children who bully are loners.”
• “Children who bully have low selfesteem.”
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SP
(TG Doc #8)
about bullying
• We will not bully others.
• We will try to help students who
are bullied.
• We will try to include students who
are left out.
• If we know that somebody is being
bullied, we will tell an adult at
school and an adult at home.
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Olweus Class Meetings
Class Meetings occur
every Friday at 8:15
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K-2
Being Brave Every Day
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Use your talking stick:
What words come to your mind when
you see this picture?
Today we will be
talking about being
brave.
There are 2 types of
bravery:
• Positive Everyday
Bravery
• Dangerous Bravery
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Positive Everyday Bravery: Is when you try
something new but you stay safe and healthy.
An example of positive everyday
bravery is when you have to ride
the bus or walk to school by yourself
for the first time.
Your family is trying a new kind of
food. It doesn’t look very good but
your family really wants you to try it.
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Dangerous Bravery: Is when you try something
new but you are making an unsafe choice.
An example of dangerous bravery
is when a friend dares you to ride
a sled down a really big hill.
You see a wild animal in your backyard
and you decide to go pet it.
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Let’s play the Brave Game
Decide if these are examples of everyday
bravery or dangerous bravery.
Remove box to revel correct answer.
1. Your neighbor wants you to play with a real gun when his/her
parents aren’t looking.
Dangerous Bravery
2. Some older students call you mean names and take your lunch. They
say you better not tell-but you tell your teacher anyway.
Everyday Bravery
3. Your parents tell you not to cross the street at your house because
the cars drive by very fast, but your ball rolls into the street and
you go get it.
Dangerous Bravery
4. You are going to your first sleepover tonight, but you’re worried
because You’ve never slept away from home before.
Everyday Bravery
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Sources Cited
Bravery. Google Images. July 10, 2012
http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Talk-about-Bravery-JR/dp/140482314X
Riding the bus for the first time. Google Images. July 10,2012
http://funinportorchard-cody.blogspot.com/
New Food. Google Images. July 10,2012
http://www.ocfoodies.com/profiles/blogs/new-food-photography-for
Sledding Down A Big Hill. Google Images. July 10,2012
http://wn.com/sledding_down_big_hills
Wild Animals. Google Images. July 10,2012
http://www.theworldisraw.com/animals-of-africa/
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Remember……
• Stopping bullying takes a team
effort.
• You play a critical
position on the team.
• Change happens in
small increments
but can have positive long-term
impact for us all!
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© 2011 Susan Limber, PhD; Vicki Flerx, PhD; Nancy Mullin, MEd;
Jane Riese, LSW; and Marlene Snyder, PhD
This presentation is based on the work of Dan Olweus, PhD
Use of this presentation is restricted to persons trained by
the authors in the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program and
groups they work with for the express purpose of training
schools, parents and community groups about the
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program model.
Appropriate credit to the Olweus Bullying Prevention
Program, US, must appear on all presentation materials.
No other use or changes are permitted without prior
written permission from the authors.
For further information, please contact:
Marlene Snyder, PhD at [email protected]
or call 864-710-4562
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