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What we do:
The Youth Development Office receives a small grant from Sacramento County Office of Education to assist in district-wide bullying prevention efforts. We use these funds to supplement our important work in building students' capacities for empathy, collaboration, respect, and advocacy skills. We partner with guest speakers and organizations to lead staff professional development on bullying prevention, and hold family/community workshops as well.
YDO also works closely with the Office of Behavioral Health to reinforce our district's PBIS and SEL Goals. Our bullying prevention work is in keeping with the district's overall goal to establish positive norms for safe learning environments.
Ally or Bystander?
Ally
An ally is someone who supports a marginalized group or individual and works to ensure that they are treated fairly and equally.
Upstander
An upstander is someone who recognizes when something is wrong and does something to make it right. If an upstander sees or hears about bullying, they will do something. This could mean stopping the bullying behavior, reporting the event to an adult, or helping the victim after the fact.
Bystander
A bystander is a person who observes a conflict or unacceptable behavior. The observed behavior may be serious or minor, one-time or repeated, but the bystander knows that the behavior is harmful and chooses not to take action to help.
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Professional Development
Youth Development works closely with other departments in the district to reinforce the district’s anti-bullying policy. Our bullying prevention services include staff professional development in partnership with Welcoming Schools, parent/family workshops, and technical assistance to our bullying prevention demonstration site, Herberger Elementary.
For more information on professional development courses for EGUSD staff, please visit PL Essentials. Check out any upcoming PD's below.
More Resources on Cyberbullying
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) gives parents control over what information websites can collect from their children. For more information, visit The Children's Privacy Protection Act Website
Committee for Children. The International organization is dedicated to preventing bullying, violence and child abuse across the world. For more information, visit: www.cfchildren.org
StopBullying.gov. The online initiative provides information from various government agencies on how children, parents and educators can prevent bullying. for more information, visit: www.stopbullying.gov
How to talk to your children about cyberbullying?
Establish rules about use of technology
Work together to decide when, where, and for what purpose phones and computers can be used. Then establish fair consequences for breaking these rules, and follow through consistently.
Limit the amount of time your children can spend online or on the phone, and try to lead by example. For example, you may request all family members to leave their cell phones in a basket when they enter the house or past a certain hour.
Be clear about what websites your children can visit and what they are permitted to do with the computer, their cell phones, and other technology. Show them how to be safe online.
Instruct your children not to give out personal information online, whether in instant message profiles, in chat rooms, on blog, or on websites.
Help your children be smart about what they post. Tell them not to share anything that could be used to hurt or embarrass them or others. Remind them that once they post something, they cannot control whether someone else will forward it.
Information provided to you by Sacramento County Division of Behavioral Health Services. For more information visit: Sacramento County Department of Health Services website or www.quickseries.com
Tabling and Events
If you are interested in having the Youth Development Office table at your school regarding bullying prevention, LGBTQ+ supports and/ or dangers of smoking and vaping, please contact us below for more information.
Chelsie (left) and Donna (right)tabling at Youth Summit 2024
Chelsie tabling at EGACE Resource Faire 2023
Our Pride table at EGACE Resource Faire 2023
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