What is Bullying
This is the name for intentionally hurting another person's body or possessions.
What is physical bullying?
Sending mean or embarrassing messages, texts, or pictures is an example of this.
What is cyberbullying?
A person who sees bullying happen but does nothing is known as this.
What is a bystander?
Under MA law, all public schools must have one of these, which includes procedures for preventing and responding to bullying.
What is a Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan?
If you are being bullied, you should ignore the bully and immediately do this.
What is walk away or move out of reach?
Spreading rumors and intentionally excluding someone from a group are examples of this type of bullying.
What is social or relational bullying?
Once harmful information is posted online, this is a reason it is difficult to control.
What is because it can last forever and be seen by a wide audience?
The opposite of a bystander, this person takes action to help stop bullying.
What is an upstander?
This is the name for the Massachusetts law that prohibits bullying in schools and is written under chapter 71, section 37O.
What is the Anti-Bullying Law?
If a friend tells you they are being bullied, the best thing you can do is to offer this
What is to listen and support them?
A person who is bigger or stronger than their victim might be more likely to engage in this kind of bullying.
What is physical bullying?
This term describes a person who harasses someone online for a long period.
What is a cyberstalker?
The best first step an upstander can take is to do this.
What is to speak up or reach out?
Under Massachusetts law, this is the first thing a school principal or other administrator must do when they receive a bullying report.
What is investigate it promptly?
One way to address a bully is to calmly state "I" statements, such as "I don't like what you're doing. Please stop".
What is assertive talk?
For a negative action to be defined as bullying, it must have three specific factors. Name at least two of them.
What are repeated behavior, an imbalance of power, and an intent to cause harm?
Cyberbullying can occur off-campus but still be a school matter if it does this.
What is if it creates a hostile environment at school or disrupts the educational process?
If a bully does not respond to an upstander's intervention, this is the next step to take.
What is to get help from an adult?
True or false: Under MA law, schools are only responsible for addressing bullying that happens on school property.
What is false (it also includes off-campus bullying that affects the school environment)?
As an upstander, interrupting the bullying with a distraction, like starting a different conversation, is called this.
What is deflection?
A one-time fight between two equals is typically not considered bullying. This is because it lacks a key component of bullying.
What is an imbalance of power?
What does it mean to impersonate someone online, which is considered a form of cyberbullying?
What is to create a fake online profile or hack into someone's account?
This is the most common reason people do not intervene when they see bullying happen.
What is fear of retaliation?
According to MA law, the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan must recognize that certain students may be more vulnerable to bullying based on these characteristics.
What are actual or perceived characteristics?
When an adult finds out a child has been a bully, their role is to address the behavior and do this.
What is work with the child to address the reasons behind the bullying?