Ashley Falls: Bully Free

•Definitions.•What should you do?•Possible Consequences.

Physical Bullying

• Definition: Harmful actions against another person’s body.– Examples include:• Kicking, pushing, pinching, hitting, tripping, or any form

of violence or intimidation

Verbal Bullying• Definition: Repeatedly speaking to a person

or about a person in an unkind or hurtful way.– Examples include:• Sarcasm, teasing, put-downs, name-calling, spreading

rumors or hurtful gossip.

Cyber Bullying

• Definition: The use of the Internet and related technologies (phones) to harm other people, in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner.– Examples include:

• Texts, cruel or untrue posts to Facebook or MySpace, etc…

True or False?

• Bullies will go away if you ignore them.• True and False

• It’s tattling to tell an adult when you’re being bullied.

• False

• Just using words that hurt someone’s feelings can’t be bullying.

• False

True or False?

• The best way to deal with a bully is by fighting or trying to get even.

• False

• Bullying only happens at school.• False

• Bully problems can be solved by a teacher.• True and False

• People who are bullied might have hurt feelings for a while, but they’ll “get over it”.

• False

True or False?

• Bullying includes leaving someone out of a group activity.

• True

• Nobody deserves to be bullied.• True

• Bullying happens to everyone and is normal.• False

• There’s nothing you can do about a bully.• False

If you are being bullied try…

• Walking away to avoid arguing or fighting.• Find another person to hang out with.• Stay near a friend.• If you are a bystander, be a friend by using

appropriate strategies to stop the bully or tell an adult about what you are witnessing.

More Strategies

• Suggested responses to the bully: A firm “No” or “Stop Now”; “I don’t like being pushed/teased/insulted so please stop.”

• Be confident in yourself!

• ALWAYS TELL AN ADULT if the bully continues, or if you get hurt.

Possible Consequences For Bullying

• Right Wrong• Think Sheet / Self Reflection• Meeting with the Principal and your Parents• Suspension