Anti-Bullying Training

Our anti-bullying lessons involve a great deal of student participation in the form of verbally responding to questions and role-playing (acting out scenes with myself or other students). Typically, the first lesson teachs students the definition of bullying, the three different types of bullying (Verbal/Word, Physical/Body, and Relationship/Friendship), the three different roles in a bullying situation (bully, target, and bystander), the role of the bystander, and the difference between tattling and reporting.  We focus on the bystander in this first lesson due to research that shows that the bystander has the greatest effect on the bullying by either encouraging or discouraging bullying behavior.  

For the second lesson, we review the concepts previously taught by playing a game with the students or asking them to verbally respond to presented questions. Following this review, we then discuss with the students what to do if they are the one's being bullied.  In past years, during this lesson, I have asked groups of students to practice and then act out scenes in front of their classmates to demonstrate the many different ways of dealing with bullying.  Students typically enjoy this activity and have asked me in subsequent years if they can do this activity again.

Feel free to click on the picture below in order to view the presentation viewed by and taught to all students at Houghton Elementary!

As a note of caution, kids can access YouTube through some of these videos so please be sure to monitor your child when exploring this slideshow.