Advice For Young People: Let’s Stop Bullying

This leaflet, created by the Anti-Bullying Network in collaboration with the Scottish Executive, is designed to provide information to students between the ages of 14 and 18. It explains the different forms of bullying, such as sexual bullying, racist violence, harassment and abuse. The leaflet also reviews a number of bullying-related issues that are often overlooked, including cyberbullying and teachers who bully students. Although the resources included in the leaflet are for Scottish students, the advice presented would be of valuable to students from all over the world.

Bystanders and Bullying

BullyOnline hosts this website that examines the dynamics of bullying in the workplace. This section of the site focuses on the social dynamics that cause colleagues to stand by when their co-worker is being bullied. It lists a number of reasons why bystanders don’t get involved such as denial and fear of reprisal. As bullying is not limited to only students, this information may be valuable in addressing concerns regarding bullying among staff members.

Bystander Behaviour Of South Australian Schoolchildren Observing Bullying And Sexual Coercion

This study was conducted by the highly-esteemed Australian bullying experts, Ken Rigby and Bruce Johnson. It examined the reasons why children choose to help or not to help victims of bullying and concluded that peer pressure is a most important factor. The study also found that if a child acts as a positive bystander once, he or she is more likely to do so on subsequent occasions.

Bystanders: Turning Onlookers Into Bully-Prevention Agents

Here you’ll find advice on how to empower bystanders to take an active role in preventing bullying from occurring and to report it to adults when it does take place. A four-step lesson plan is presented to train students to become proactive “bully prevention agents.” Suggestions are offered on how to hold bystanders accountable for their actions, as well as how to build bonds of caring between bystanders and potential victims.

Ideas For Kids: Make School Safer From Bullies

This site describes simple ways that students can prevent and stop bullying. For example, by becoming a “bus stop buddy” children can reach out to other students who are left out and are common targets of bullies. Another idea presented is to “do the swarm” which involves stopping bullying when it happens by joining together as a group, locking arms, and taking the victim away from the ugly situation. Kids will find these solutions easy to implement and will feel comfortable trying them, as they are working as a group which reduces their risk of become targets themselves.

Kids You Can Really Do Something To Stop Bullying!

The Canadian Red Cross created this webpage to teach kids how to end bullying in their schools. It explains that every student has specific rights, such as to feel safe, to be treated fairly and with respect, and to be protected from bullying and harassment. Then it describes students’ responsibilities such as including and welcoming others, respecting other people’s boundaries, and reporting mistreatment of other people. Suggestions on how to help a victim are offered and an explanation of the difference between ratting versus telling is presented.

Peer Abuse At School: Are Bullies Ruling Our Playground?

This guide offers a series of lesson plans to explore the various issues surrounding bullying and to teach kids how they can stand up against bullying in their school. Through learning and service activities, middle school students: define terms related to bullying; examine its various forms and impact on health; determine the extent of the problem in their own school; and engage students, staff and the community to join forces to stop bullying. Activities range from literature reviews to mentoring younger students to developing Power Point presentations on the issue. Students will learn how they can move from being bystanders to active advocates for bullying prevention.

Preventing Bullying And Harassment: A Learning Resource for Teachers and Students

Developed by The Love & Safety Club’s Anti-Violence Page, this guide presents students and school staff with specific steps for bullying intervention. It reviews the four phases of social reaction to abuse, presents intervention statistics, and emphasizes the importance of educating the silent majority. Suggested discussion topics for educators and community members are offered, such as developing consensus, consistent enforcement of the rules, and monitoring of schools, neighborhoods, and problem individuals. Advice on supporting victims is also included.

Stop Bullying Now! What Adults Can Do

This page from the National Stop Bullying Now! Campaign features a number of bullying prevention handouts for parents, health and safety professionals, teachers, school officials, and others who work with youth. From advice to parents on how to talk with educators if their children are being bullied to tips for school administrators on how to address bullying in their schools, this site gives adults the information they need to be positive bystanders. Visitors are encouraged to reproduce and distribute these informative materials to educate others on how they can prevent bullying, too.

What Are You Going To Do About It?: A Research Module About Bullying

This resource guides younger students through their own research project on bullying to help them learn more about the issue and come up with a plan to create a “bully-free zone.” Student are broken down in groups of three and then assigned a role as either a bully, victim, or bystander. Each student is guided to various websites to answer specific questions and write an essay from their chosen role’s perspective. Presentation and reflection exercises help students to share what they’ve learned and consider how they can apply it in a bullying situation.