One of the reasons Janell may be becoming more withdrawn is that her primary caregiver, Miss Shaw, recently was hospitalized. Miss Shaw took care of Janell from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm while Janell’s father was at work. Miss Shaw fell when lifting Janell from her bed to her wheelchair and broke her hip bone. Janell may also feel partially responsible for Miss Shaw getting hurt. Another possible reason is that Janell’s classmates have started to make fun of her physical appearance, especially her crossed eyes, her weight, and her wheelchair. These comments most likely make Janell feel unwelcome in the classroom and like she’s an outsider. Janell may find it difficult to approach her classmates because of the comments and this makes her feel as …show more content…
By giving Janell and a few other students a specific job, it creates a commonality between them where they can hopefully begin to develop a relationship of some kind. To address the jokes made by Janell’s peers, if the school does not have an anti-bullying campaign, this may be a good time to start one. If there is an anti-bullying program in place, Mrs. Bowman could take time each day to reinforce the ideals of the program in her classroom. Even if there is not a school wide anti-bullying program, Mrs. Bowman can still discus the topic in her classroom. If there are specific students who continually make mean comments about Janell, it is appropriate to pull them aside and talk to them about the issue. Disciplinary action can be used as a last resort if Mrs. Bowman feels that the discussions did not help eliminate the issue. Also, if Janell and her father are willing, an informational presentation could be given on spina bifida so the students in the class are more familiar with the challenges Janell faces. 3. Why do you think Mr. Metz refused to come to the school for a conference? Do you think it was a good idea for Janell’s teachers to make a home visit? Mr. Metz works long hours so it is possible that he was not able to meet with Janell’s teachers at the times they suggested. Especially now that Miss Shaw is no long able to care for Janell, Mr. Metz has to find a new
Bullying is mean and mean stinks. Bullying, however, goes well beyond mean. The term is commonly defined as "the use of force or coercion to abuse or intimidate others. In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include an intentional act to hurt or harm someone, an imbalance of power and repetition” (Lohmann). However defined, bullying is ugly and hurtful and cruel and should be taken very seriously. Children with disabilities are at an even greater risk of being bullied, and it is not only ugly, hurtful and cruel, it is against the law and all steps necessary to eliminate bullying in this population ought to be taken.
She can illustrate her thoughts onto paper like how she drew trees that looked dead and cracked.
Betty Jo reluctantly made the decision to move to an assisted living community, due to high pressure from her healthcare providers and family. She is an 85 years old and a widow of 3 years from her beloved husband of over 50 years. Her husband made sure his financial affairs were in order before his death, and thus managed to provide financial comfort and security for Betty Jo. She has two children, both live out of state. Her daughter Karen, has two adolescent children, and visits her mother once a month. Her son, Adam, is a recovering alcoholic who has trouble keeping a job and frequently seeks financial assistance from his mother, yet rarely visits her at Sunrise Pines. Betty Jo often has to sit down for a minute, due to “dizzy” spells and becomes fatigued at a greater frequency than she did before her husband passed away. Her decision to move came after falling twice in her home, upon having hip replacement surgery. She had trouble keeping her physical therapy appointments, and managing her pain medication. Prior to her move, Betty Jo was active in her church and in the Red Hat Society. Now that she is living in Sunrise Pines, she has become more withdrawn and rarely eats her meals in the main dining area. When she does participate in social activities, she acts out and becomes hostile with her fellow residents. The community director received word that she is refusing to take her antidepressant and blood pressure medication. The director reached out to the local
Jane may feel frustrated by her deficient communication and may blame herself for her disorder. Losing independence may make Jane feel upset and worthless. She may feel a burden to her family and socially isolated as she struggles to have conversations with groups of people and loses track of her thoughts and speech. She may also feel embarrassed by her limited memory and attention span. Furthermore, Janes family may experience high levels of anxiety or depression. (Headway.org.uk, 2017). They may struggle to communicate with Jane and feel intimidated by her dominating behaviour.
She reports that she often has mood swings and bouts of anger at times because of her birth control implant. Jane reports that when she gets upset she reacts by slamming doors, screaming, and/or arguing with her husband John. Jane’s husband and her mother do not feel there is a concern regarding Jane’s recent suicide attempt, mood swings, and bouts of anger. They feel as though she just had a melt down and will be fine in the future.
From her troubles with the abusive Reed family, her friendships at Lowood, her love of Mr Rochester and her time with the Rivers family, Jane 's character remains strong and vigilant despite the hardships she endures. Through the course of the novel, Jane 's character changes slightly but moreover reinforces itself as Jane uses people, situations and her personal experiences to gain knowledge, and assist her gaining her full character.
As stories like Moniques and other people demonstrates, there are policies out there that just simply do not work.. One is called zero-tolerance policies, and while these succeed at sending the message that bullying is not tolerated, there are several problems with them. Nora M. Findlay believes, “ One of the most serious problems inherent in zero tolerance is that it treats dissimilar problems in a similar way” (6). Secondly, “Students and teachers may be less likely to report and address bullying if suspension or expulsion is the consequence” (United States Department of Health and Human Services). Two other policies that are used but never works is called peer-mediation, and conflict resolution. The United States Department of Health and Human Services stresses, “Conflict involves antagonism among two or more people. Whereas any two people can have a conflict (or a disagreement or a fight) bullying only occurs when there is a power imbalance-where one child has a hard time defending himself or herself” (“Myths about Bullying” sect. 1). This difference is very important to be aware of because these strategies can make the people being bullied feel even worse. Not only that, but it sends the message that all children share equal blame, which is definitely not an appropriate message. The message to the person being bullied should be,
Education: Ms. Moore informed CM that Dre’quan is not going well in school. Ms. Moore stated that the school reached out to her last week to inform her that Dre’quan refuses to participate in any classroom activities and he has not completed any classroom assignments since the school year has started. CM was informed that Dre’quan
Sarah is a kind girl, she gets good grades and is what society would think as quite pretty. However, on a daily basis, she is harassed from the time that she wakes up, until the time that she goes to sleep in tears. She has attempted to talk to other adults such as the teachers at the school. Sadly, the bully only got off a warning and Sarah was still tormented day in and day out. This short example shows that schools need to shine more light on the subject of bullying. Schools have “attempted” to take on this idea of bullying by plastering posters one walls along with counselors that try their hardest to help. Nevertheless, this cannot be enough to stop bullying at schools, can it? With the
I advised her that she needs to confront bullies and not be perplexed. The following day in class the new young lady came up to me and embraced me truly tight and long and began to express her appreciation toward me for being an incredible individual and empowering her and that I transformed her life. The new young lady has been my closest companion from that day forward which from today is just about nine years. Understudies who witness harassing might likewise be influenced. They might feel regretful for not helping, or dreadful that they will be the following target. Then again they might be drawn into the tormenting themselves and feel terrible about it a short time later. The majority of this might bit by bit change the gathering or classroom mentalities and standards in a harsher, less sympathetic direction. Bullying is a difficult issue that will affect the school experience of all youngsters included. This is the reason it must be considered important and successful measures to forestall it must be placed set
However, Jane can ensure Susan’s benefit package is fair. Jane could make observation rounds on other employees, to ensure they are following best practices.
Bullying is a big issue in the world these days. It is our job as teachers to address this issue in our classroom and teach children that bullying is not ok.
Bullies in School Kathleen Berger 1 Bullying was once commonly thought to be an unpleasant but normal part of child's play, not to be encouraged, of course, but of little consequence in the long run. However, developmental researchers who have looked closely at the society of children consider bullying to be a very serious problem, one that harms both the victim and the aggressor, sometimes continuing to cause suffering years after the child has grown up. 2 One leading researcher in this area is Dan Olweus, who has studied bullying in his native country of Norway and elsewhere for twenty-five years. The cruelty, pain, and suffering that he has documented in that time are typified by the examples of Linda and Henry: Linda was systematically
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.