BULLYING AT SCHOOL

                       

 

  It doesn’t matter if you are a student, teacher or parent of a child. Everyone has a role in the prevention of school bullying.

  There are several types of bullying to know about, and different ways that teachers, schools, and parents can help stop bullying at school.

 

1. Emotional Bullying

- Involves using ways to cause emotional hurt to another person. 

* F. e. saying or writing hurtful things, purposeful ignoring, or spreading rumors*

 

2. Physical Bullying 

- Involves physical contact with the other person.

*F. e. throwing items, tripping, beating up or eliciting others to cause physical harm to a person*

 

3. Cyberbullying

- Type of bullying that happens online. 

* For example it can be hurtful comments on a personal site*

 

4. Sexual Bullying

- Refers to any sort of bullying, that is related to a person’s gender or sexuality. 

* F. e. forcing someone to commit intimate acts, making sexual comments, or unwanted touching*

 

How To Prevent Bullying

 

1. Teach Kindness and Empathy

Children should know from an early age what effect their behavior has on others. They should be taught to see others’ perspectives.

2. Create Opportunities for Connections

Make the school or classroom feel like a community. When students feel that their peers are part of their group or community, they will be less likely to bully.

 

3. Participate in Simulations

Have a class act out a bullying situation together and explore alternative ways to handle conflict. This will increase their empathy and help them come together to come up with bullying solutions.

 

4. Set Clear, Enforceable Rules

Rules should be in positive terms, cover multiple scenarios, and be age-appropriate.

 

5. Use Open Communication

Communication is key with bullying prevention. When children feel like they can talk to adults in their community, they are more likely to report bullying.

6. Take Actions

If you find out that there is bullying happening at school, take steps to prevent it.

 

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Vocabulary

1. Beat up – избивать

2. Act out – разыгрывать

3. Spread rumors – распространять слухи

4. Cyberbullying – интернет-травля, травля в сети

5. Force someone do something – принуждать кого-то сделать что-то

6. Handle a conflict – урегулировать конфликт.

7. Empathy – сочувствие, сопереживание

8. Prevent – предотвращать, препятствовать

Exercises

1. Fill in the missing words

a) We need to quickly ___________ this conflict.

b) ___________ a performance.

c) You should never __________ another person.

d) __________ is the best way out of a conflict situation. 

e) To __________ bullying, you need to learn to respect each other.

f) Yesterday I encountered _____________ on the Internet.

2.  Questions for discussion

a) How to prevent cyberbullying?

b) What do you think about bullying by a teacher?

c) How can parents help their child avoid bullying?