Statistics
77% of all children
What is the percentage of all children that have experienced some form of bullying
1) physical violence
2) Verbal teasing
3) Spreading rumors about a child
4) Excluding a child from a group
5) "Gang up" behavior
6) Cyberbullying
What are types of bullying
Children grow out of the bullying stage but they are still at risk for long-term effects of PTSD
What is FACT
Criterian A: traumatic event
Criterian B: Intrusions or re-experiencing
Criterian C: Avoidant symptoms
Criterian D: Negative alterations of Mood or Cognitions
Criterian E: Increased arousal symptoms
What are the domain symptoms of PTSD
True or False: Children with autism are bullied 3 times more frequently than unaffected siblings
What is true
63% percent of children
What is the percent of children with autism who have been bullied?
School
What is the most common place where bullying occurs
Being bullied helps children toughen up and is just a part of growing up
What is Myth
Isolating, somatic complaints, degraded school performance, sleep issues, nightmares, Hypervigilence, anxiety, malaise, withdrawal, depression, problems with anger management.
What are the potential signs that a child is experiencing bullying
Between 5th and 8th grade
What are the grades that bullying appears to be the worst for ASD kids?
57% are bullied
What are the children with ASD who want to make friends as opposed to those who prefer to play alone or only engage when approached?
repeated truamatization by "bully" can result in this DSM V disorder
What is complex PTSD
Children on the ASD spectrum or bullied but never bully others
What is Myth. 17% become bullies which may include problems with socially acceptable speech e.g "You are fat" or misconceptions of abuse that create emotional responses.
therapeutic term for not wanting to go to school
What is avoidance
Public school
What is the educational domain most indicated for bullying of ASD students
42% of ASD
What is the percentage of ASD students who experience bullying grades 5-8
1) Poor family environment
2) Poor school standards of protection
3) Cultural glorification on winning, power and violence
4) Personal history of being bullied, rejected or failing
What are reasons kids become bullies
Once a child with ASD has been victimized, the child will never overcome the ill-effects.
Myth. It is possible overcome; build resilience and regain control.
Therapeutic term for physical complaints e.f Headaches and stomachaches
What somatic complaints
True or False: Children who want to interact with others are more likely to be bullied.
What is True
50% more
What is the percentage of increase in which children with autism are bullied in public school as opposed to those in private school or special education?
The term used when bullied children commit suicide
What is bullycide
Clumsiness, poor hygiene, rigidity (black and white thinking) obsessive talking, meltdowns, and inflexibility are traits that may illicit bullying
What is Fact
Parental involvement and school administration involvement and prevention
What are ways to avoid the development of PTSD due to bullying
True or False: Kids who have ASD and prefer to play alone are more likely to be bullied
What is False