Stomp Out Bullying at MS 256

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Presented by: the students of 601

What is Bullying?
Bullying is when someone keeps hurting another individual over a long period of time in order to have power over them. 1/3 of middle school students and high school students are being bullied during the school year.

What Does Bullying Look Like?

Physical bullying behaviors:
Kicking Pushing Hitting Tripping Ganging up on someone Stealing Making someone do something they do not want to do

What Does Bullying Look Like?

Verbal bullying behaviors:
Name calling Saying or writing insults about someone

Social bullying behaviors:

Making someone feel rejected Purposely not including someone in an activity Spreading rumors or gossiping

Where do bullies bully?

Here are some common places bullying happens:

School After school outside In the bathroom Lunch Recess Public parks On your way somewhere Online Places there is little or no adult supervision

What Role Do I play?

There are 3 roles involved in bullying:
1) The Bully 2) The Victim 3) The Bystander (s)

What is a Bully?
A bully is a person who purposely tries to hurt others by making them feel uncomfortable. Bullies want to feel powerful and in control Bullies often find it difficult to see things from someone elses point of view.

Bully

60% of students identified as bullies in middle school had as least one criminal conviction at the age of 24

Who is the Victim?

A victim is a person made to feel smaller or weaker than the bully Victims are often shy or quiet and are unable or unwilling to stand up for themselves. Most victims do nothing to start an issue with a bully

Victim

15% of all students that dont show up for school report that their absences are due to fear of being bullied while at school

A bystander is
Bystander

A bystander is a person that witnesses a bully incident or that is there when bullying occurs Bystanders sometimes encourage the bullying by just being there and not trying to stop it. Most bystanders want to do something to stop the bullying but they also sometimes join the bullying once it has begun.

Bullying rarely takes place without an audience-85% of bullying incidences are witnessed by other students

Why Do We Need to Stop Bullying?

Repeated bullying can cause victims to experience the following: -headaches -stress -sleep issues -low self-esteem -depression -panic disorders -stomach aches Victims often struggle in school because they become afraid of going to school and have many absences. Repeated bullying can cause emotional harm and in some extreme cases victims have committed suicide.

Why Dont Bystanders Help More Often?

Reasons bystanders dont help: They think telling an adult wont help and it will actually make the bullying worse They are afraid of becoming another victim and getting hurt They want to side with the bully to make them feel strong The bully is someone people look up to and they want to be friends with the bully

When bystanders help out, 57% of the time bullying stops within 10 seconds!

How can you stop bullying? Take A Stand!

-Stand up for yourself -Ignore/walk away from the bully -Respond to the bully with confidence -Dont show youre upset because that is the bullys goal -Ask a peer to help -Dont keep it inside. -Dont plan revenge or try to combat bullying alone -The most important thing you can do is TELL AN ADULT!

What can bystanders do to help?

Make sure the victim tells an adult Be a friend to people that get bullied Tell the bully to stop Involve other supportive people Stand up for the victim

Thank you for listening to our presentation!

DONT FORGET! LETS STOMP OUT BULLYING AT 256!