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Whole School Approach To Relational Bullying

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According to Kaiser and Raminsky (2012) there are several types of bullying physical, verbal, relational, and sexual and cyberbullying. For the case of the handbook entry I will be discussing a situation that could possible come up more times than not in a classroom amongst 4 and 5 year olds that relates to relational bullying. I will explain the use of No Blame Approach or Whole School Approach as is relates to prevent the bullying from reoccurring. In the example Vicky has consciously decided to lead a discussion during lunch time that has a target of mistreating one individual girl at the table. Vicky test her power out by asking a number of questioned that seem harmless. These questions are asked to give Vicky and idea as to how much power she has over the other children at the table. When the final question is asked in regards to liking a particular child all of the children follow Vicky’s lead in a unanimous vote of dislike. The result leads to hurt feeling of the left out child. This is an identifiable case of relational bullying. …show more content…

Relational bullying prevents a child from being involved or accepted by their peers (Kasier & Raminsky, 2012). This type of bullying occurs among both boys and girls; however it is more common amongst girls. The goal of Whole School Approach or No Blame Approach is to take the focus off the bullying by getting everyone involved and focus more on creating a positive environment (Kasier & Raminsky, 2012). This requires the school to take on the challenge of anti-bullying policy. Setting up clear expectations or rules for children about respecting individual rights these rules should include bystanders and

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