Youth Leaders’ Toolkit www.StopBullyingNow.hrsa.gov Resources for teens who want to help younger children launch a bullying prevention project
SBN! Youth Leaders’ Toolkit
Do you want to help improve the social atmosphere in your schools and community? Do you want to create positive change in your community? Do you want to work with younger children to Stop Bullying Now?
~Definitions~ Leadership Team: a group of high school youth working together to prevent bullying through a variety of methods, including peer to peer education and mentoring younger children. Project Team: a group of elementary or middle school-aged children who design and launch their own Bullying Prevention Project or Campaign with guidance from
…show more content…
Do your best to invite children from a wide range of backgrounds since each one will be able to provide a unique perspective that builds a creative project. The more diversity, the better! • Provide a draft invitation letter for the advisor to give to the young children who can notify the parents. (See example in the TOOLS Section.) • Make sure to get parental permission forms for all children who participate. You may also want to consider getting media release forms at the same time. Media release forms allow you to share pictures, videos and stories about your project with newspapers and television stations. • Remember, Project Team members will develop their own project. While it’s important that younger children have guidance from the high school Leadership Team, the Project Team (younger children) should be encouraged to lead the discussion and develop their own project. The Project Team will often copy the positive collaboration they see in the Leadership Team. • Consider involving other community partners such as law enforcement, tribal leaders, local businesses and health, safety and social services professionals. They are often willing to participate, so don’t be afraid to ask!
2
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov
Step 3: Start the Conversation
• Meet with the Project Team to start discussion. Use an ice breaker exercise to help the youth feel comfortable. (See examples in the TOOLS
II. Have the necessary information of the children in my care beliefs, views and preferences recorded safety
Listen to the child and make a record of any key information with names, dates and times.
The project focuses on developing their specific talents and social skills through participation in a varying selection of recreational activities.
My art project is for children to create their own Frank Lloyd Wright inspired stained glass window. The children will use various art materials and there will be options for children who are more advanced in their motor skills and options for children who are behind in their motor skills. Such as offering glue in glue sticks, or being able to paint the glue on. I will also offer pre-cut shapes, or the children will be allowed to cut their own shapes out of the various types of paper if they are at that stage in their learning.
important to ask the children whether they understand what they have to do. Once this has been
If I could redo my project, what I would do differently is get more evidence of the projects. With it being such a sensitive topic I couldn’t really take pictures of what the kids said. I also had a bad quality camera which made it difficult to take good pictures so I wish I would have found a better camera.
The ‘potion’ that the kids made at the Dorr Museum was an open ended project, we gave the kids instructions for how to get the activity started, but the end result was completely in their hands. They had the choice to pick from several different objects with fragrances to include in their project, which fragrances and how much of each fragrance they wanted was up to them. Similarly, at the Discovery Museum, the kids were making insect headbands, I would get them started on the headband part, but what they added to the band was all up to them. Most
Lastly it would be important for me to make sure children can use the materials and resources on their own to encourage independence but also ensure the items can be used in a group. This will encourage children to collaborate
A group is needed to help support the students of Mesa Middle School who have been targets of bullying. These students have no
they are given the opportunity to use their own initiative whilst working with others to help them develop in all areas. This can be used to best affect when children are introduced to new ideas I practical, imaginative and stimulating ways. It can be very beneficial to give children a project or get them
This can be done by keeping the child information secure and safe he practitioner can pass the information who have authorization legitimate reason but only but after they have permission from their parents and careers after assigning a consent form. In case the parent
I will plan activities that provide opportunities to promote and develop verbal and nonverbal communication, curiosity, exploration, solving problems and physical skills. These activities should be easy to adapt for children with physical and learning disabilities.
The media should be engaged – different articles should be published in the newspapers, educative programs be aired on the available radio stations, all the campaigns must be televised as media events, all social media platforms should be extensively harnessed for this goal.
While the project was begging, I kept in mind and fallow the reconnections of Cathy A Malchiodi as well as Michelle Molnar about the importance of working with children showing them you are really interested by asking them questions, offer the capacity of freedom in terms of giving them space and respecting them whether they decide or not to talk about their drawings. Also, develop an effort to have a communication where you can ask questions to the child to make them notice they have our attention.
The specific theory the leader should follow is the contingency model, especially in a group dealing with bullying. Each situation of the members is different and unique, and the strategies may vary. Most members have become victims of cyber bulling, verbal, and physical abuse in their lives. The leader should have communication patterns, and have an informative style that would add to the intermediate strategy for the group. The members need to learn to adapt and utilize methods and solution to this particular abuse situation. The strategic contingency theory offers strategies, and making choices in the member’s life. The theory used is to empower and collates the member’s environmental problems towards a safe structural life which involves