Bullying Prevention and Education

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  Bullying Prevention

   

  Loudoun County Public Schools will implement a new county-wide bullying prevention program called Second Step. The second step program teaches students how to identify what bullying is as well as bullying behaviors and appropriate ways to handle bullying if it happens.

   

  School counselors at Liberty Elementary implement this program in grades K-5 through guidance lessons and activities.  

   

  What is Bullying?

   

  Bullying is any act of aggression in the form of:

  • Hitting or punching (physical bullying) 
  • Teasing or name calling (verbal bullying)
  • Intimidation using gestures or social exclusion (emotional bullying)
  • Sending insulting messages by phone or computer (cyberbullying)

   

  Bullying is behavior that is:

  • Repeated
  • Intentional
  • Has an imbalance of power
     

  The Foundation of the Second Step Bullying Prevention Program-

  * The Second Step Program -teaches the foundational skills kids need to resist bullying.

   

  * Emotional Managment

  * Problem Solving Skills                                       

  * Empathy

  * Friendship Building

  * Assertiveness

   

  The Bullying Prevention Lessons teach students how to:      

  *Be safe and respectful

  *Recognize Bullying

  *Report Bullying

  *Refuse Bullying

  *Be a bystander who helps stop bullying 

   

   

   

   

  *PARENTS:  Our Bullying Prevention Coordinator is Robert Rauch. If you have any concerns regarding bullying, please contact Robert Rauch, robert.rauch@lcps.org.

  
  Suggested Resources:

  
  http://www.commonsensemedia.org/cyberbullying

   

  http://www.bullyingresearch.com/  

  http://www.stopbullyingnow.com        

  http://stop-violence.org/

  http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/

  http://www.stopbullyingworld.org/

  http://www.connectwithkids.com/

  http://www.ncpc.org/

  http://www.bullying.org/     

  http://www.bullyingresearch.com/    

  http://www.stopbullyingnow.com/  

  http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/adults/teachers-corner.aspx  

  http://www.stop-violence.org/

  http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/  

  http://www.stopbullyingworld.org/  

  www.pacer.org/bullying/bpam/index.asp  

  http://www.connectwithkids.com/  

  http://www.ncpc.org/  

  http://www.bullying.org/ 

Bullying Prevention Coordinator for Madison’s Trust Elementary School is our assistant principal, Robert Rauch.