Bullying

Bullying - What to do?

  • Do not label

    • Unintended consequences

    • Sends a message

  • Kids who are bullied

    • Listen

      • Show you want to help

    • Assure child it’s not their fault

    • Struggle talking about it

      • Talk to a school counselor

    • Advice and protect the child

      • Safe

      • Switching classrooms/buses

    • Be persistent

      • May not end overnight

      • Commit to stop

    • Follow up

      • Potential to be repeated

      • Takes consistent effort to stop

  • Bystanders

    • Require support

    • May not know what to do

    • May not feel safe

  • Kids who bully

    • Identify problem behavior

      • Wrong and harms others

    • Show it is to be taken seriously

      • Not tolerated, model

    • Search together for reasons he or she bullied

      • Fit in

      • Home, abuse, stress

      • Need additional support

    • Use consequences to teach

      • Good friend lesson

      • Effects

      • Read about it

      • Make posters for the school

    • Make amends or repair the situation

      • Make a letter

      • Do a good deed

      • Clean up, repair, or pay for damages

    • Follow up

      • Praise good acts of kindness

Florida Law - The 2017 Florida Statutes

Florida Statute 1006.147 - Bullying and harassment prohibited

(1) “Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act.”

(2) Bullying or harassment of any student or employee of a public K-12 educational institution is prohibited:

(a) During any education program or activity conducted by a public K-12 educational institution;

(b) During any school-related or school-sponsored program or activity or on a school bus of a public K-12 educational institution;

(c) Through the use of data or computer software that is accessed through a computer, computer system, or computer network within the scope of a public K-12 educational institution; or

(d) Through the use of data or computer software that is accessed at a non-school related location,

( (a) “Bullying” includes cyberbullying and means systematically and chronically inflicting

(Florida Legislature, 2017)

School Voucher For Bullying

  • House Bill (HBI) was recently approved in the house and signed by Florida Governor Rick Scott.

  • To learn more about the voucher visit: http://www.fldoe.org/schools/school-choice/

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