BULLYINGBy: Mark Dawson (200254824)

& Jesse Jefferson (200249381)

What is bullying? Bullying happens when someone hurts or scares

another person on purpose and the person being bullied has a hard time defending themselves (Government of Alberta, N.A).

What are the different types of bullying?

“Verbal bullying - name-calling, sarcasm, teasing, spreading rumours, threatening, making negative references to one's culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, unwanted sexual comments (Government of Alberta, N.A).”

“Social Bullying - mobbing, scapegoating, excluding others from a group, humiliating others with public gestures or graffiti intended to put others down (Government of Alberta, N.A).”

Different types of bullying cont.

“Physical Bullying - hitting, poking, pinching, chasing, shoving, coercing, destroying or stealing belongings, unwanted sexual touching (Government of Alberta, N.A).”

“Cyber Bullying - using the internet or text messaging to intimidate, put-down, spread rumours or make fun of someone (Government of Alberta, N.A).”

Effects of bullying People become harmed and or upset due to

feeling unwanted or unneeded, feeling that they are no good, and don’t understand their purpose to be here.

Bullying can have long and short term affects due to the physical and sociological abuse due to bullying threw out the years.

Long and short term affects

Shyness Stomachaches Headaches Panic Attacks Not being able to sleep Sleeping too much Being exhausted Nightmares

How common is bullying? Bullying has become more and more profound in

todays society. “Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more

likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University (bullyingstatistics.org, 2013).”

“A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying (bullyingstatistics.org, 2013).”

How common is bullying cont. “According to statistics reported by ABC News,

nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying (bullyingstatistics.org, 2013).”

School Bullying

“Over the last twenty years or so, bullying has been increasingly recognized as a serious problem that affects millions of children in schools in countries throughout the world (Ken Rigby, 2014).”

Bullying affects kids ability to learn because it effects their:

○ Grades○ Social Life○ Ability to learn

What Schools can do to prevent bullying…

They can develop an agreed well supported anti-bullying policy to direct operations

They can become aware of their moral and legal obligations in responding to bullying in schools

They can deliver information to students about bullying and involve them in classroom activities that will enable them to acquire attitudes and skills that will help them in developing and maintaining positive relations with their peers

What schools can do to prevent bullying cont…

They will help children to come to terms with new forms of bullying, especially those making use of cyber technology 

They can work with students who can be trained to support vulnerable children who are being bullied

They can seek to prevent bullying and deal with cases of bullying through cooperation with parents

What is Bullying in the Workplace?

“Bullying is usually seen as acts or verbal comments that could 'mentally' hurt or isolate a person in the workplace. Sometimes, bullying can involve negative physical contact as well. Bullying usually involves repeated incidents or a pattern of behavior that is intended to intimidate, offend, degrade or humiliate a particular person or group of people. It has also been described as the assertion of power through aggression (Ccohs, 2005).”

Examples of workplace bullying:

Underwork - creating a feeling of uselessness

Spreading malicious rumors, gossip, or innuendo that is not true

Intimidating a person Withholding necessary information or

purposefully giving the wrong information Criticizing a person persistently or constantly

Source: (Cchos, 2005)

Bullying Statistics “According to bullying statistics 2010, there are about

2.7 million students being bullied each year by about 2.1 students taking on the roll of the bully (bullyingstatistics, 2013).” 

“Bullying statistics for 2010 revealed about one in seven students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade is either a bully or has been a victim of bullying (bullyingstatistics, 2013).”

How to prevent bullying:

Pay Attention; watch for warning signs and watch for lost or damaged person items

Don’t ignore bullying, it is a serious deal. It may seem harmless but if it continues it can hurt the person and have serious consequences

Get help before its to late If you see it happen to someone else, do

something about it before it gets serious, because if not your just as much to blame as the one who is engaging the bullying

How to prevent bullying cont. Don’t always deal with it yourself as it doesn’t

always work, get help from parents and or professional help depending on the situation

Help the people who are not as strong worded and the ones who cant stand up for themselves

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