3. Bullying: Cyber
FACTS
- About 43% of kids have been bullied online
Ranks as highest concern by teachers
Cyber bullying includes:
Sending mean messages or threats
Spreading rumors online or through texts
Posting hurtful or threatening messages on social media
Stealing a person's account information
Pretending to be someone else online to hurt others
AFFECTS
Bullying victims are 2 to 9 times more likely to consider committing
suicide.
More likely their grades drop
More likely to be abusive to themselves or others
Disinterested in their life
Ill and unhappy
4. Bullying: Physical
FACTS
- Physical bullying tends to increases in elementary school, tops in
middle school and decreases in high school
Physical bullying includes:
Hitting
Pushing
Tripping
Spitting
AFFECTS
46 percent of males admit to being victims while 26 percent of
females have admitted to being victims
Violence is commonly linked to gangs and drugs,
5. Bullying: Verbal
FACTS
one in four people have been verbally attacked
more than once
Verbal bullying is insulting others with words including:
threating
name calling
spreading rumors
AFFECTS
affects one's self image, and affect in emotional and psychological ways.
can lead to low self-esteem and depression
the bullied may turn to substance abuse or suicide.
physical consequences
6. Bullying Solution
Zero tolerance in school resulting in
suspension, removal from teams ect.
Parents speak to children about being bullied and the bully
Self-esteem support groups
Bully education day
7. Metal Health: Youth
FACTS
- Around10-20% of Canadian youth are affected by a mental illness or disorder
- Mental illness is increasingly threatening the lives of our children
- Suicide is among the leading causes of death in 15-24 year old Canadians,.
- mental disorders in youth are ranked as the second highest hospital care
- 20% of Canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime.
- 1 out of 5 children who need mental health services receives them.
- Anxiety disorders affect 5% of the household population
Mental Health Includes – ADHD - self-esteem,
- eating disorders
- depression - bipolar disorder - anxiety
AFFECTS
- Success in school, trouble with relationships, overwhelming feeling
8. Mental Health: Adults
FACTS
-20% of Canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime
- ADHD affects 3% to 10% of school-aged children and an estimated 60% of those will
continue to have symptoms and affect them as adults.
- Prevalence rates for ADHD in adults are not well determined but are in the 4% to 5%
range.
- ADHD affects males at higher rate than females in childhood and adulthood
Mental Health Includes – ADHD - self-esteem,
- eating disorders
- depression - bipolar disorder - anxiety
AFFECTS
- Its hard to hold a job concentrate and be organized
- When its not managed behavioral, emotional, social and academic problems occur
9. Mental Health Videos
Here’s
a video on Mental Health stats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww
n52-d6Sc0
Stop The Stigma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ
fpjnAC-qE
10. Mental Health: Solution
Talk about it
Awareness and Educate
Positive Supportive Appmosphere
Therapy/ Support groups
Family Involvement
11. Substance Abuse: Legal Drugs
FACTS
83% of Ontario students drink alcohol in grade twelve
49% admit to binge drinking
Between 1991 and 2007, opioid-related deaths doubled in Ontario.
AFFECTS
inflammation of the liver which can lead to cirrhosis
lowered blood pressure increasing chances of heart disease, stroke
ulcers from irritated stomach lining
inflammation of the pancreas
increased risk of cancers in the mouth, throat, larynx and oesophagus
12. Substance Abuse:Illegal
FACTS
- Percent of persons 12 and over with any illicit drug use
in the past month: 8.9% (2010)
- Percent of persons 12 and over with marijuana use in the
past month: 6.9% (2010)
AFFECTS
- Changes the way your brain functions, leads to irritability, paranoia, delusions,
and anxiety
- Destroys the body, infects the lining of your hearts
and valves, sores and weight loss
- Effects the brain and heart leading to cardiac
arrest or seizures, and respiratory failure
-Health problems like liver disease, lung
disease, HIV/AIDS and blood clots
13. Substance Abuse: Solution
More awareness
Law makes it harder to produce/buy/sell
More rehab centers with better/cheaper cost
Al-Anon
14. Well Being Theory
- These relate and affect society because
everyone has dealt with one of the topics
previously discussed and has a strong opinion on
it.
- Theses opinion's make up how people with
theses problems are treated and seen in the
world. Which affects how they help their
community.
15. References
(n.d) 11 Facts About Cyber Bullying Retrieved from
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-cyber-bullying
Bullying Statistics - Stop Bullying, Harassment, and Anti-Bully in School/Work (2013)
Retrieved from http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/
Canadian Mental Health Association (2013) Fast Facts about Mental Illness Retrieved from
http://www.cmha.ca/media/fast-facts-about-mental-illness/
CDC (2013) Illegal Drug Use Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/druguse.htm
Sherri, G. (2013) 6 types of bullying Retrieved from
http://bullying.about.com/od/Basics/a/6-Types-Of-Bullying.htm
Teen Challenge Canada (n.d) retrieved from
http://www.teenchallenge.ca/gethelp/educational-resources/alcohol-abuse-facts
The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign (n.d) Above the Influence Retrieved
from http://abovetheinfluence.com/facts/drugfacts
WedMD (2013) Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/adhdteens