Prevention at School

Bullying can threaten students physical and emotional safety at school and can negatively impact their ability to learn. The best
way to address bullying is to stop it before it starts. There are a number of things school staff can do to make schools safer and
prevent bullying.

Getting Started
Assess school prevention and intervention efforts around student behavior, including substance use and violence. You may be
able to build upon them or integrate bullying prevention strategies. Many programs help address the same protective and risk
factors that bullying programs do.

Assess Bullying in Your School

Conduct assessments in your school to determine how often bullying occurs, where it happens, how students and adults
intervene, and whether your prevention efforts are working.

Engage Parents and Youth

It is important for everyone in the community to work together to send a unified message against bullying. Launch an awareness
campaign to make the objectives known to the school, parents, and community members. Establish a school safety committee
or task force to plan, implement, and evaluate your school's bullying prevention program.

Create Policies and Rules

Create a mission statement, code of conduct, school-wide rules, and a bullying reporting system. These establish a climate in
which bullying is not acceptable. Disseminate and communicate widely.

Build a Safe Environment

Establish a school culture of acceptance, tolerance and respect. Use staff meetings, assemblies, class and parent meetings,
newsletters to families, the school website, and the student handbook to establish a positive climate at school. Reinforce positive
social interactions and inclusiveness.

Educate Students and School Staff

Build bullying prevention material into the curriculum and school activities. Train teachers and staff on the schools rules and
policies. Give them the skills to intervene consistently and appropriately.

http://www.stopbullying.gov/prevention/at-school/
THE UKS MOST COMPREHENSIVE BULLYING STATISTICS, AVAILABLE NOW.
Welcome to The Annual Bullying Survey 2014, one of the UKs most comprehensive reports into
the bullying of young people. In partnership with 36 schools and colleges across the UK, our
survey of over 3,600 young people highlights the current climate of bullying amongst 13-18 year
olds. Our complementary report comes with free tips and advice for schools, colleges, parents
and guardians, Government and young people on how you can help reduce the effect and
prominence of bullying within your environment.

If you are interested in finding out more or would like to work with our national anti-bullying
charity, please do not hesitate to contact us.
KEY FINDINGS

45% of young people experience bullying before the age of 18.

26% of those bullied have experienced bullying on a daily basis.

40% of respondents reported being bullied for personal appearance 36% reported being
bullied for body shape, size and weight.

39% have never told anybody that they are being bullied.

51% were not satisfied with the bullying support that they got from teachers.

34% reported being bullied for prejudice based reasons (homophobia/ racism/religious
discrimination/disability discrimination/cultural discrimination/transphobia).

63% of respondents with a physical disability were bullied, and were more extremely
socially excluded.

61% of respondents have been physically attacked.

30% have gone on to self-harm as a result of bullying.

10% have attempted to commit suicide as a result of bullying.

10% of respondents reported been sexually assaulted.

83% said bullying had a negative impact on their self-esteem.

56% said bullying affected their studies.

41% of those who had never been bullied achieved A or A*grades in English. 30% of those
who had been bullied in the past achieved an A or A* in English. 26% of those being
bullied achieved an A or A* in English. The trends were similar across Science and Maths.
http://www.ditchthelabel.org/uk-bullying-statistics-2014/?
gclid=CM_3jd2qmsMCFUwHvAodTnIAXQ

Bullying
Bullying has become one of the biggest problems for our youth. What is this really about? Our souls only
know love, therefore there has to be an enormous amount of soul loss in the person who does the bullying. It
is as if our streets are filled with Gladiators of a different nature. We need to take responsibility to put an
end to this growing dilemma. Our films, entertainers, TV, Web sites, Chat rooms, etc., all encourage darkened
behavior. As a mass, we need to stand up and say NO. We need to stop seeing these movies, stop paying for
these entertainers, stop watching violent TV and stop reading and watching the news. It will reach a tipping
point and then watch for the miraculous signs of transformation. Bullying is ALL of our problem, not just a
problem for those who bully or are bullied. We are all one family, when one of us hurts, we all hurt.
Long ago a very wise psychiatrist wrote: When a traumatic event happens in our lives, more often than not,
we suffer soul loss. The more traumatic the event, the more soul loss that occurs. Soul loss is a loss of our
light. When we lose our light, darken energies come into our space. When someone bullies, more often than
not, they are being or have been bullied at home. It is a learned behavior.

The statistics of suicide of innocent people who have been the victims of bullying is staggering and alarming.
We need to make this issue a priority, whether at home, in school, the government, or at work; we cannot
afford to lose another beautiful soul. There is so much written now concerning this subject. We need to get
to the people who bully as quickly as possible. We need to get to them before someone gets hurt. Harnessing
Happiness tools are designed to bring things up, revealing the difficulties. The dark side gets exposed to the
light. It is so important that problems be solved before they become insurmountable.
We need to join together to stop all bullying, at every level. This includes us, our government, our politicians
and even other countries. We must raise the bar of behavior and set an example of goodness, respect and
equality.
Being Bullied: Feeling intimidated, tyrannized, creates extreme fear and anger turns inward.
Suggested Solution: Do not let it go. Go to the web site, www.bullying.org there are a lot of people
available to help. Get the assistance you need to stop it as quickly as possible. If we are in a situation that is
too difficult for us to handle and we feel frightened, we must find someone who can help us. We were never
meant to make it alone; there is ALWAYS someone, somewhere who can help. Do not give up trying to find
that person.
Being a Bully: Intimidating, tyrannizing, likes creating fear in others.
Suggested Solution: The more we hurt others, the more we hurt ourselves. When we want to bully
someone or something, it is usually because we felt victimized by someone else. When our anger gets out of
control, we suffer great shame. The angrier we get, the more shame we feel. It is like a vicious cycle. Stop
the madness. We do not let our lives become ruptured by a moment of insanity. Nothing good can be
accomplished by harming another, the end never justifies the means.

http://www.harnessinghappiness.org/bullying.aspx
http://www.popcenter.org/problems/bullying/print/
http://www.slideshare.net/victoriasantos9822924/bullying-thesis

BULLYING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND COLLEGE AUTHOR(S)

Chapell, Mark S.; Hasselman, Stefanie L.; Kitchin, Theresa; Lomon, Safiya N.; MacIver, Kenneth W.; Sarullo, Patrick L.DOC. TYPE
ArticleABSTRACT
This study investigated the continuity in being a bully, victim, or bully-victim from elementary school through college in 119
undergraduates. Of 25 who bullied in college, 18 (72%) had been bullied in high school and elementary school. Of 26 bullies in college,
14 (53.8%) had been bullies in high school and elementary school. Of 12 bully-victims in college, 5 (41.6%) had been bully-victims in
high school and elementary school. There were significant positive correlations between being a bully in college, high school, and
elementary school, and being bullied in college and high school, and high school and elementary school, and between being both a
bully and victim in elementary school, a bully and victim in high school, and a bully and victim in college.