Bullying Kristin Clark C A S A Bullying

Bullying Kristin Clark C. A. S. A.

Bullying has become a serious problem in our schools and around our country. • According to the American Academy of child and Adolescent Psychiatry “close to half of all children will experience bullying. ” • www. stopbullyingnow. hrsa. gov

Bullying Statistics • 1 out of 4 teens are bullied. • 9 out of 10 LGBT students experience harassment at school and online. • 43% fear harassment in the bathroom at school. • 282, 000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month. • As many as 160, 000 students miss school every day out of fear of being bullied. • www. bullyingstatistics. org

Bullying Includes: • Physical attacks. • Verbal attacks. • Psychological attacks. • Intimidation. • www. stopbullyingnow. hrsa. gov

Emotional Bullying is the most prevalent type of bullying. Emotional bullying includes, • • Pushing. Shoving. Tripping. Spitting on someone. • www. stompoutbullying. org

Parents and teachers don’t always see bullying and may not understand how extreme bullying can get. • Every 7 minutes a child is bullied. • In 85% of bully cases, no intervention or efforts is made by a teacher or administrator to stop the bullying. • www. stompoutbullying. org

Bullying through electronic media has provided a whole new environment for bullying. • 43% of kids have been bullied while online. • 97% of middle schoolers are bullied while online. • 58% have not told their parents or an adult about being cyber bullied. • www. bullystatistics. org

School bullying and cyber bullying are critical contributors to: • Youth violence • Homicide • Suicide • www. bullyfree. com

Bullycide • Bullycide is a term used to describe suicide as a result of being bullied. • Bullycide is one of the leading causes of death among children under the age of 14. • www. stompoutbullying. org

Bullying creates a fearful school climate. • One out of every 20 students have seen a student with a gun at school. • 1/3 of students surveyed said they heard another student threaten to kill someone. • 2 out of 3 students say they know how to make a bomb, or know where to get the information to do it. • www. bullystatistics. org

Bullying is not a fact of life, or a normal right of passage. Bullying must be stopped.