Anti Bullying Programs

Bullying has become a more pressing and prevalent problem over the past decade. Bullying can be seen and described as many different things and has many different meanings. There is adult bullying, bullying in school, bullying at work, etc. Bullying can be visual, verbal, and physical. There have been many instances where bullying has gone too far due to lack of involvement with authority. Bullying can cause many problems and lead to tragedies such as suicide. Anti-bullying is a term for preventing or stopping the act of bullying. People have seen that bullying is a problem and have tried many tactics to combat it. People have founded programs, started rallying, and have hosted events in hopes to suppress or even stop bullying, but they are

Bullying, often labeled as just a part of growing up, is a major problem in America’s schools today. Although it is such a hot topic in our country right now, it is also a long ignored problem that only seems to worsen. The complication with bullying is that no one quite understands it, and it is not taken seriously. The definition of bullying is an overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people. In more simple terms, bullying is not a onetime incident; it is repetitive and happens among individuals when there is an imbalance of power. Statistically, every one in six children are bullied, and this cannot continue to take place. Every child has the right to feel safe and have the pursuit of being happy in which bullying completely takes those rights away.

In order to stop the relentless bullying of their students, many schools are implementing bullying awareness programs for students, and the community, to

Issue: If you or your child have ever been a victim of bullying then you know how horrible one can feel. There are many emotions and fears associated with bullying, and no one should have to be subjected to it. Bullying can have a lasting effect not only in one’s present life but their future as well. Bullying is very prominent in schools today, and there has been an increase in school shootings, which is the extreme reaction to being bullied. Children need to consider each other’s feelings before they decide to bully or pick on each other.

In Allie Bidwell’s report for the USNews entitled "Study: Anti-Bullying Programs May Have Opposite Effect” she says, “students at schools with anti-bullying initiatives are actually more likely to be victims of bullying than students who attend schools without such programs.” The anti-bullying programs may not be having the effect that they were supposed to have. They were created with good intentions, but they could be having the opposite effect. Bidwell goes on to explain that bullies could be learning new ways to bully others. The programs are teaching everyone what bullying looks like and what they should do about it. While this is a good thing, it is also teaching bullies ways to bully and go unnoticed.The laws and programs say what to

One of every seven kids from primary school to high school has either been a bully or a victim. An estimated number of 160,000 kids of all ages miss school daily because of bullying (makebeatsnotbeatsdown.org). Teen activists want to put an end to bullying because of: low self-esteem, negative and suicidal thoughts, and abuse. Except, what then happens to the bully? The bully: gets off with a warning - which cannot be good enough sometimes, the bully could also come back and continue to bully the victim, finally there can also be consequences.

These students are afraid of what will happen if they continue showing up to school. Research has found that not only does bullying have significant effects on the bullied, but it also has major effects on the bully and the instigators. The bullies are most likely to abuse alcohol and drugs, get into criminal activities, and get into domestic violence. Some bullies will even drop out of school, vandalize, and get into many fights. Sometimes the instigators, also known as bystanders, are affected by it too. They can possibly have academic issues, substance abuse, violent abuse, and mental health issues. The ones that are affected the most by bullying are the bullied. Bullying can lead to depression, self harm, suicide, substance abuse, stunts in social development, and many more

Bullying occurs at a young age and it is mostly dealt at school or on the bus. Many people hear horrific stories about students being bullied and what comes to their mind is why no one stand up for them or why no one did anything to help them. The major question is why that student did not speak up and tell an adult about the bully bothering them. The answer is simple, those who are victims of bullying are consumed by fear. When they do seek help, they are ignored and they have to face all of this on their own.

Students who are victims of bullying force themselves out of bed every morning with an overwhelming sense of despair because they know one foot stepped inside the institution interprets into a new day and a new game for the oppressor. Even though there has been a nationwide policy adopted by many Institutions in the efforts of putting a stop to bullying, many victims stay unnoticed due to failure of acknowledgment, failure of anti-bullying programs, and failure of catching early discerning behavior. Nonetheless, Bullying has gotten to be such an overused word that those who are in dire need of assistance aren’t receiving the attention needed to eliminate the issue from the start, however, there are solutions that could solve the epidemic

Children who are bullied are at risk for anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem, depression, alcohol and drug use, running away, social withdrawal, and poor academic performance. The child that is a bully is. likely to get into fights or get injured from a fight, vandalize or steal property, drink, smoke, drop out of school and become a criminal. Whether a victim or the bully, both have unfavorable outcomes. To change the bullying culture there are some important things that need to happen. Children need a positive way to feel, this does not mean that all players win rather it means that strengths need to be recognized and encouraged. We need to teach children how to use their leadership skills to build others instead of tearing them down. Teaching our children to have empathy early can develop life skills of understanding and compassion, ultimately changing the way our children look at each other as well as how they respond to each other will change the culture. Writing in Fifty-Two Sundays, Michael Brown suggests “We, as a country, need to take the time to understand what is really happening in the bullying debate so that we can take action that will actually help the

Schools around the world offer educational opportunities for their students; which offer many opportunities for social cooperations for the youth. These social opportunities likewise offer many opportunities, one being for children to become victims of bullying.

Bullying can leave a serious imprint on the overall performance of students, and can also affect their personalities (Phye & Sanders, 2004). Because of the seriousness of the bullying issue, there have been several bullying prevention programs launched in order to help students feels safer both physically and emotionally (Phye & Sanders, 2004). The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is one such program. It is designed to prevent bullying activities in schools and protect students from harm. Bullying

In the past ten years there has been an increased stress on schools to recognize bullying an issue. Some schools are implementing anti-bullying programs and schools are hoping the programs will be effective. Schools, teachers, staff, students and parents need to realize that bullying is not going to go away over night, but each program students learn will help them become more accepting and empathetic. Anti-bullying programs are effective in schools and give students lessons they will reference to their whole lives.

When discussing our prevention project my group thought that we should look for other effective bullying programs and see how they achieved success. That is when I came across and article on the Great Schools website. This article explained that a group from the University of Kansas was looking in to implementing an anti-bullying program at the local elementary schools. The program, KiVa, was very successful in Finland and these college students wanted to see if it would work in schools here in the United States. The article only explained that they planned to implement this program and did not provide any follow up on if it was implemented and if it was successful. While the article was, short and didn't give a lot of information to go on, it did give me a starting point to look for the research on the KiVa program to see if

School bullying and bullying as a whole has become a growing concern. The need for more intervention is more recognized, as incidents of bullying and inappropriate acts towards others occur in places outside of the classroom. This literature takes a closer look at bullying in schools. Olwesus (2013) states “the field of bullying research is to some extent plagued by problems, disagreements, and unresolved issues” (p.752). Whether if anyone will agree on the root of bullying, the fact remains that bullying has to be examined at its very core to remedy the matter before it becomes a bigger concern. There is a dire need for intervention based programs to be set in place to address the fact the act of bullying has lasting effects on the bully and the victim. When intervention programs are put into place to address bullying, the act of bullying decreases due to the gained understanding of the effects.