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What Is Bullying?
What Is Bullying?
Bullying is intentional negative behavior that’s repeated and involves an imbalance of social or physical power.
Bullying is intentional negative behavior that’s repeated and involves an imbalance of social or physical power.
Who Is Affected?
Who Is Affected?
Bullying doesn’t just affect the students being bullied. It can cause emotional harm and reduce academic achievement for all students involved.
Bullying doesn’t just affect the students being bullied. It can cause emotional harm and reduce academic achievement for all students involved.
Bullying Prevention in the Technology Age
Bullying Prevention in the Technology Age
As we embrace more and more new technology, troublesome new trends—such as cyber bullying—have emerged that may have more widespread effects than traditional bullying alone. Cyber bullying makes it difficult to track, respond to and combat incidents of bullying. It is thus important to develop prevention programs that target specific issues of bias, ethnicity, culture, and equity. Certain policies, practices, programs, and legislative changes can begin to address the prevention of bullying and cyber bullying, and the many negative outcomes associated with both.
As we embrace more and more new technology, troublesome new trends—such as cyber bullying—have emerged that may have more widespread effects than traditional bullying alone. Cyber bullying makes it difficult to track, respond to and combat incidents of bullying. It is thus important to develop prevention programs that target specific issues of bias, ethnicity, culture, and equity. Certain policies, practices, programs, and legislative changes can begin to address the prevention of bullying and cyber bullying, and the many negative outcomes associated with both.
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness.
Talk To Someone Now:
Talk To Someone Now:
Talking with someone about your thoughts and feelings can save your life.
Talking with someone about your thoughts and feelings can save your life.
If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States. Please call 1-800-273-8255 or TEXT 741741 More information HERE
If you live in Connecticut, please take one moment and dial 2-1-1 and press 1. If outside of CT dial 1-800-273 8255. More information Here
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