Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying Workshop Summary (2014) / Chapter Skim
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11 Reflections of School Personnel and Student Perspectives
11 Reflections of School Personnel and Student Perspectives
Pages 103-112
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One of the final sessions of the workshop included a panel of three school personnel and a second panel of five students who offered their reflections on the workshop presentations and discussions, as well as their thoughts on possible future work on bullying prevention. The panelists were selected to provide a range of viewpoints.
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Both panels brought a breadth of experiences and a range of perspectives on bullying prevention that complemented the presentations of research and enriched the overall workshop discussion. Following is a summary of their remarks.
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For example, Washington state, which has 295 school districts and about 2,300 individual school buildings, requires a mandated policy on bullying prevention and procedures on prevention and intervention. But how that policy is implemented may vary from school to school, said
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School Climate Several of the student and school personnel panelists focused their remarks on the importance of school climate on bullying prevention. From the student perspective, Farkas said that policies directed toward bullying typically try to put out the fire, but what if steps were taken so that the fires did not get started in the first place?
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Empowering a bystander to stand up against bully ing can make a big difference, even though it requires social capital. However, the entire system cannot depend on an awkward sixth grader standing up to the cool kid in school.
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One positive aspect of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, a bullying prevention program used in the Anne Arundel school system, is that it does hold schools accountable. Schools are given a score around implementation, and the scores have been tied to incentives for the school, she noted.
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Technology and Other Resources In a highly technological culture, a variety of technologies can influence the attitudes and knowledge of students. For example, Cafasso noted that public service notices can be a powerful way of influencing school climates.
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In his job, he deals often with legislators, whether at a local level or a state level. "We have a very good state law and good policy," he said, "but the challenge is to make sure that everything is practical and practicable." Another group missing from the workshop was school personnel involved in special education and 504 plans under the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, he noted.
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In his high school, students did not bully each other, but teachers did bully students. "We had chemistry teachers calling their kids ‘stupid.' We had English teachers calling out racial slurs, sexual orientation slurs.
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Sibling Aggression Sibling aggression can be a factor in bullying, Dockrey noted, because how a child feels at home is how he or she is going to act in the wider world. If children are loved and confident at home, then they will feel confident and loved at school.
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