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Bullying & Cyber-Bullying: Intervention & Resources
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Schools have a duty to create and provide a safe and respectful learning environment for all students, that is free of bullying and cyber-bullying.If School Counseling can be of assistance or answer general questions, please call (775) 850-8011If you would like, you may also contact Civil Rights Compliance Director, Judy Prutzman at (775) 348-0300.
State of Nevada Department of Education
Tips for students:
- If bullied, tell your parents, teachers, and/or school administrators.
Telling is NOT tattling if you feel hurt or scared. It is reporting. - Do not retaliate or try to get even.
- Respond evenly, without losing your temper, and in a firm voice, or say nothing and get away.
- Stand by each other. If you watch, laugh, or ignore bullying, you are part of the problem. It is your school!!!!
- Act Confident.
- Be aware of your surroundings no matter where you are.
- Avoid unsupervised areas.
- Do not bring expensive items to school.
Tips for schools:
- Establish a Bully-Prevention Committee and include counselors, teachers, parents, students, and administration.
- Create a plan to handle student concerns and report them.
- Teach tips for dealing with bullying and resolving conflicts for ALL your students.
- Establish classroom and school rules against bullying.
- Establish positive and negative consequences that you enforce for everyone.
- Get bystanders motivated to help by reporting safely and confidentially, befriending or understanding victims, listening to each other, and understanding how to appropriately deal with conflicts and emotions.
- Students showing bullying behaviors can usually be stopped by their friends.
- Facilitate the development of trusting relationships between each student and at least one adult.
- RELATIONSHIPS ARE KEY!!
- If bullied, tell your parents, teachers, and/or school administrators.