Bullying in Early Childhood

Bullying in Early ChildhoodHow teachers can identify and address bullying.

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Can happen in person, covertly through direction of actions or information from others Is directed towards a specific individual or group

Involves an imbalance of power

Is intended to cause distress another

Consists of repeated negative actions

How do you tell the difference (Space Coast Living Family, 2013)Bullying

Victim Grooming (Boystown, 2013)

Warning signs that a child is beingbullied (Knowbullying, 2010)

Where do we draw the line with bullying (Mallika Choppra, 2013)

11 facts about cyber bullying (DoSomething.org, n.d.)(Olweus, 1999; Ross, 2002; Smith & Brown, 2000; Smith, 2005, cited in Australian Publishing Resource Service, 2013)

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6 types of bullying (Charitysub, 2012)

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Noticeable signs of bullyingchanges in behaviourrefuses to talk about what is wrongschool grades begin to fallLess obvious signsstudent is often alone, excluded from groups at school or withdraws from social groups and friendsstudent is a frequent target for teasing, mimicking or ridicule at schoolchange in the student's ability or willingness to speak up in class and appears insecure or frightenedSigns parents may notice and reportdoesn't want to go to schoolchanges in sleep patternschanges in eating patternsfrequent tears, anger, mood swingsunexplained bruises, cuts, scratchesmissing or damaged belongings or clothes(Bullying No Way, 2013)

Withdrawn little girl (ZenTactics, 2008)

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Stop (Stopbullying Alberta, 2013)Anti-Bullying StrategiesTeaching AssertivenessSelf AssertivenessSocial AssertivenessTeaching Social SkillsTeaching Problem-Solving SkillsDeveloping Empathy SkillsRole Modelling(Graham, 2010; Storey, Slaby, Adler, Minotti & Katzi, 2008)

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When does bullying stop? (Gillianfontana, 2012)

Parenting and empowering your child with self-confidence (More4kids, 2013) Empower children with self confidence, so they can take a stand against bullying.

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