Bullying Prevention
What are the 3 Rs?
Recognize, Report, and Refuse
What is aggressive communication?
Aggressive communication is when you are ready to fight or confront someone by threatening violence or actually being violent.
What should you do if you report bullying and nothing changes?
Report to another adult and continue to report.
Someone grabs your backpack and throws it down a few times a week. You've asked them to stop and even told the bus driver about it, but nothing changes. What do you do?
How do you manage strong feelings?
Identify your feeling. Ask to speak with a trusted adult, go to the safe space, take breaths, ask for a break, use a fidget.
How do you report bullying?
Tell a trusted adult, "I need to report bullying."
What is assertive communication?
Assertive communication is when you express or advocate for yourself in a respectful, safe way.
What should you do if you believe a friend is being disrespectful?
Hint: There are two answers.
Use assertive communication to tell them you don't like it. If they don't stop, take a break from them.
Your best friend asks you to steal your teacher's pencil as a joke, but you don't want to.
Variety of different answers. In a confident voice, say, "I don't think that's okay. I'm not going to do it."
What is anxiety?
Anxiety is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you're worried that something might or might not happen.
How do you refuse bullying?
Several acceptable answers.
Tell the person, "That is not nice and I'm not going to be a part of it."
What is passive communication?
Passive communication is when you don't express your opinion or needs.
What is cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is when someone threatens you or hurts your feelings online.
One of your classmates acts differently and a lot of friends are teasing them. You don't feel comfortable with it.
"Everyone is different. It's not okay to make fun of people. If you don't stop, I'm going to hang out with some other people."
How do you manage anxiety?
Use healthy and safe calming down strategies such as breaths, going on a walk, taking a break, or using positive self-talk.
What is bullying?
Hint: There are three parts to this answer.
1. Someone is or threatening to physically or emotionally hurt you or destroy your belongs.
2. It's happened more than once.
3. You have tried to make them stop.
You need to talk seriously, make eye contact, stand with your shoulders back, and use a confident voice.
How can you stand up for yourself if someone is mean to you?
Your best friend recently started spending a lot of time with a new friend, Jane. You miss hanging out with them.
"Jane seems really nice and I'm glad she's part of our friend group. I also like spending time with just you sometimes, can we ride bikes together on Sunday?"
What is empathy?
The ability to share and understand the feelings of others.
What is the difference between disrespect and bullying?
Disrespect is when someone is rude either intentionally or unintentionally. This can be a small problem and handled with assertive communication.
Bullying is when someone is hurting you, your belongings or your feelings on purpose, even after you've told them to stop. Bullying is a big problem and needs adult help.
What could you tell a friend who is doing something you don't like?
What is the difference between reporting and tattling?
Reporting is when you recognize bullying is happening and tell an adult. Bullying is a big problem.
Tattling is when you are trying to get someone in trouble or telling an adult about a little problem.
You are playing a game online and someone keeps sending you mean messages. You tried blocking them, but the messages keep coming. They really hurt your feelings and you're not sure if it counts as bullying.
You realize that it's cyber bullying and talk to an adult at home, by saying, "I'm being bullied by someone online. I'm not sure who it is and they keep sending me messages."
How do you show empathy?
Asking someone if they're okay. Letting someone know you've been through a similar experience. Being kind.