Depoali Middle School

SRTIKE outBullying

Recognize What Bullying is:

An intentional written, verbal, or physical act against another student

It can be:Verbal (Indirect and/or Direct)PhysicalSexualProperty

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Refuse Refuse to listen to bullying behavior

Tell people to stop

Refuse to participate in bullying behavior

Refuse to keep “secrets”

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ReportBullying needs to be reported

If adults don’t know, it will not change

People you can tell at school:ANY ADULT

Now that you can Recognize, Refuse & Report…Here is a possible technique to use:

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Demonstrates a technique for dealing with bullying situations

STOP – WALK – TALK

WALK

TALK

Use the stop signal when students experience

problem behavior or when they see another student experiencing problem behavior

STOP

Positive examples of when to use the stop signal might include: Karl pokes Sara in the back over and over

while in line Melissa teases Oscar and calls him a

derogatory name Joe tackles Sam while playing two-hand touch

football Sean steals the ball away from Chris when they

are not playing a game that involves stealing.

STOP

When not to use the stop signal: Alex accidentally breaks the double-dribble

rule in basketball Amy makes a suggestion for a game that Lewis

does not like Sam steals the ball away from Gabe when they

are playing basketball: a game where stealing is appropriate

Karl continues to poke Sara in line, even after Sara has delivered the stop signal

STOP

Sometimes, even when students tell others to “stop”, problem behavior will continue. When this happens, students are to "walk away" from the problem behavior.

Walking away removes the reinforcement for problem behavior

Students should encourage one another when they use the appropriate response

WALK

WALK

Sometimes even when you use “stop” and you

have “walked away” from the situation, students may continue to behave inappropriately toward you.

If that happens, you should "talk" to an adult

TALK TALK

"Talking" is when you have tried to solve the problem yourself, and have used the "stop" and "walk" steps first:

When you talk with an adult:They will ask you what the issue isThey will ask what you have tried (stop & walk)They will ask you how that worked or didn’t

work

TALK

****Important Note:If a student is in danger, the "stop" and

"walk away" steps should be skipped, and the incident should be reported immediately.

Sometimes students get frustrated by a situation and make choices that escalate it, or make it worse. In these situations only you can control how you react – make a positive choice for yourself.

TALK

WRAP-UP

Possible Discussion: As a class, discuss a few

scenarios that Stop, Walk and Talk could be applied to.

After discussing, write in your advisory journal: A situation, personal to you, that you could have used this technique and how it would have turned out differently.