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 school’s rules and policies. Give them the skills to intervene
consistently and appropriately.
Source by : stopbullying.gov
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