Expect Respect
What does SWAT stand for?
STOP, WALK, AND TALK
Define bullying.
Agressive and unwanted behavior, may involve an imbalance of power between the two people, can be repeated over time or cause severe emotional trauma.
What is wellness?
What is it called when you feel down, discouraged, and upset?
SAD or DEPRESSED
When you see another person being disrespected, you should:
Be an upstander. Tell the person to stop. Ask the student to go with you and walk away from the disrespectful person.
When you use SWAT, who do you use it towards?
The person who is being disrespectful.
Hitting, punching, pinching, poking, jabbing, kicking, blocking, chasing, cornering, tripping, causing injury to the body, etc. is considered what kind of bullying?
PHYSICAL
True or False: Stress is when things are happy and fun in your life.
FALSE. Stress is a feeling that may happen when you are overwhelmed, confused, feel pressure, or like you have too much to do and a weight on your shoulders.
What is it called when you think about something over and over and can't figure out what to do?
WORRY or ANXIETY
If you noticed someone was very sad or worried, and had no one to play with or talk to, what would you do?
Ask them to talk or play. Let the teacher know.
What is the first strategy for SWAT?
Give the person the stop signal. Stop, I don't like what you're doing.
True or False: Emotional bullying includes excluding someone from the group.
TRUE
Where do you feel stress in your body?
Stomach--eating less or more, upset stomach.
Sleep--nightmares, sleep disturbances.
Head--headaches, racing thoughts, negative thoughts.
Chest--out of breath, hard to breathe, heavy.
True or False: Stress can lead to worry and sadness.
TRUE. While feeling sad and worried is normal, if you feel this way for 2 weeks or more, or feel very sad and worried and it in interferes with your daily life in lots of ways, you need to tell your trusted adults.
If you experienced an extremely stressful experience like a trauma, what could you do to help cope with it?
Talk with a trusted adult, like you parent or school counselor. Use deep belly breathing, body scans, grounding, yoga and other stress relievers to help your body.
If you tell the disrespectful person to stop and they don't, what should you do next?
Walk away and seek help. Physically move away from them.
Electronic communication that is hostile and hurtful, example--threatening messages or images.
CYBERBULLYING
Exercise, deep breathing, doing something you love, music, mindfulness, yoga, play with a friend, count, ask for help.
Who can help you if you feel sad or worried?
Who else?
Name 3 excuses you could give as an upstander to help someone get away from a disrespectful person.
Come play with me. I need your help over here. Can you come look at something?
When you tell the disrespectful person to stop (Step 1) and they don't, and you have walked away (Step 2), what should you do next (Step 3)?
Tell a school adult. You could also ignore them, but they may continue to be disrespectful.
True or False: A student may be suspended from school for bullying another student.
TRUE
Who can help with stress?
Parents, Grandparents
Teachers
Counselors
Who else?
True or False: Trauma is an extremely stressful experience that can overwhelm someone's body and brain, and can make it difficult to cope.
TRUE. Remember fight, flight and freeze? The body and brain reacts to a trauma experience, like abuse, neglect, death of a loved one, natural disaster, etc.
When you tell a disrespectful person to stop and they do, should you tell a teacher? Explain.
Answers will vary.