WITS Primary Program for Kindergarten to Grade 3

WHAT ARE  W I T S

Walk away:  Just leave the situation you are in. Take a friend with you if you can. Get help if you need it.

Ignore: Ignore is an action not a passive response. Don’t respond to meanness or teasing. Sometimes it works. If not, seek help.

Talk it out: This one is tricky – talk it out can mean a lot of things: Speak Up, Use your words, etc.  It also means that there is a solution to the problems you are having, but you may have to be brave and go ahead and talk about it. Sometimes it is hard, but using words really is the best way to resolve conflicts.

Seek Help: This is very important. All children deserve to feel safe and that the adults in their lives will help if needed. Keep asking for help from someone new – if the first person you ask doesn’t help you to fix the problem.

Suggestions for TALK IT OUT: 

1. Talk to the person who is bothering you, if you feel safe.

Tell whoever is bothering you that what he or she is doing is “mean”, “not funny”,  “hurting you”, “making you feel bad.”

Ask the person why they are bothering you. Tell them to stop. Make up a joke if you can.

Tell them to leave you or your friends alone.

Tell them to use their WITS!

2. Brainstorming or problem solving solutions can help.

Ask a friend what they would do in your situation.

Share your story with someone.

Talk to a trusted adult who can help you think about a solution to your problem.

3. Speak up if you seeing bullying and victimization.

Stand up for the person being bullied.

Stay stops it or leave him/her/them alone.

Talk to an adult to get help if what you are doing is not working.

Share your feelings with someone. In this Sesame Street clip, the Grouch figures out how he is feeling and he talks it out  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciSm84yDDHc