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Here's How To Protect Your Kids and Campus From Bullying and School Violence
By guiding the journey of one, we can positively affect the
destiny of all. -- Unknown
The MindOH! Foundation is pleased to provide you with the following Bullying and School Violence
Prevention Tips and Tools to help create peace of mind for you and the kids in your
life. Families and schools can utilize these resources as discussion starters.
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Tips
for Preventing Bullying and School Violence
Conversation Starter Tips for Parents
Bullying and School Violence Prevention Thinking it
Through Worksheets
The MindOH! Thinking It Through worksheets provide kids with
a great opportunity to reflect on the poor choices they may be making with
regard to bullying, teasing or harassing others. They are given the opportunity
to assess their own beliefs and attitudes, consider past experiences, and
explore ways of making smarter choices in the future.
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Thinking
it Through: Who’s Got the Power? For young people who bully one on one,
like an older sibling who bullies a younger brother or sister. Kids explore the
notion that real strength and power isn’t about who’s the biggest or strongest,
but who has the greatest strength of character.
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Thinking
it Through: Looking for Power in All the Wrong Places. For the bully or
the bystander. Kids take a look at the possibility that people who bully may
actually be feeling powerless and afraid themselves. They may be looking for
power in all the wrong places and getting the wrong results.
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Thinking
it Through: Just Teasing. For kids who tease others in hurtful ways.
Your youngster will reflect on the idea that teasing can be cruel and painful.
Saying you were “just teasing” doesn’t make it any less painful.
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Thinking
it Through: Say What? For kids who have been making verbal threats,
which is clearly a form of bullying. Your child will think about possible
underlying causes of threatening others and the very serious consequences of
doing so.
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Thinking
it Through: Wise Up. For kids who make racial slurs, which is another
form of bullying. With this worksheet, they consider the unfairness of
prejudice, the idea that all human beings are part of the human family, and the
uniqueness of every individual.
Bullying and School Violence Prevention Walking the Talk Worksheets
The MindOH! Walking the Talk worksheets provide a
opportunity for your kids to interview a trusted adult and gain from that
adult’s prior learning experiences. Using a unique tool, the student asks the
adult to share a time when the adult was tempted to bully or tease, but chose
instead to do the right thing. Through this process, your student gains
valuable insights into the thoughts, opinions and feelings that lead to
appropriate choices.
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Walking
the Talk: Bullying One on One. Most of us have been tempted at some
point in our lives to bully someone younger or weaker, like a younger sibling.
Your child will interview a respected adult who chose not to bully someone
smaller, and learn why and how he or she made that decision.
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Walking
the Talk: Bullying In a Group. What adult hasn’t had a moment when
there was a strong temptation to participate in or become a bystander to
bullying? With this interview, your child will gain insights into why someone
chooses to do the right thing and say no to bullying.
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Walking
the Talk: Teasing or Harassing. Most of us have been guilty of
mean-spirited teasing at some point in our lives, but as we matured we began to
understand the pain that teasing and harassing can cause. Your child will talk
with a trusted adult to gain insights into the thought processes behind coming
to that realization.
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Walking
the Talk: Verbal Threats. Have you ever wanted to threaten the IRS and
then thought better of it? Most adults can remember a time when they were
tempted to make a verbal threat and then made a wiser choice. This interview
between child and respected adult helps create a conversation about the
importance of self-control.
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Walking
the Talk: Racial Slurs. Racial slurs are always unacceptable and can be
extremely painful to the victim. This interview creates a conversation about
the thoughts, feelings and misperceptions behind prejudices, and why we should
never judge a book by its cover.
Bullying and School Violence Prevention Lesson Plans
These lesson plans were created for a classroom or group
environment, but can also be used in the home.
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Lesson
Plan: Caring - Cheap Laughs. Bullying and teasing frequently involves
getting a laugh at the expense of someone’s feelings. Help kids understand the
difference between laughing at someone and laughing with someone. This lesson
plan includes an activity sheet that provides youngsters with an opportunity to
compare and contrast "laughing at" and "laughing with."
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Lesson
Plan: Caring - Let it Rip (2 Parts). Bullying and teasing
negatively impact an entire school climate. Conversely, caring behaviors foster
a more caring environment. With this lesson plan, small groups of children
discuss the ripple effect of their actions and then create a skit demonstrating
how unkind acts, as well as random acts of kindness, ripple out into the world.
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Lesson
Plan: Respect - Walking the Talk (3 Parts). It's predictable that
as long as individuals treat each other disrespectfully, there will be
incidents of violence in our homes, schools, and communities. Children explore
the connection between respectful behavior and reduced violence, as well as the
economic ramifications.
Bullying and School Violence Prevention Family
Activities
These family activities were created for use in the home.
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Family
Activity: Caring - Cheap Laughs. Bullying and teasing frequently
involve getting a laugh at the expense of someone’s feelings. Help kids
understand the difference between laughing at someone and laughing with
someone. This worksheet includes an activity sheet that provides kids with an
opportunity to compare and contrast "laughing at" and "laughing with."
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Family
Activity: Caring - Let it Rip (2 Parts). Bullying
and teasing negatively impact school and home. Conversely, caring behaviors
foster a more caring environment. With this family exercise, parents and
children discuss the ripple effect of their actions and how random acts of
kindness ripple out into the world.
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Family
Activity: Respect - Walking the Talk (3 Parts). It's predictable that
as long as individuals treat each other disrespectfully, there will be
incidents of violence in our homes, schools, and communities. Kids explore the
connection between respectful behavior and reduced violence, as well as the
economic ramifications.
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