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Violence in schools final
- 1. Stacey Troup CJS/235 August 11, 2015 University of Phoenix School Violence Presentation
- 2. Presented to City of New York Department of Education Board of Regents August 14, 2015 Violence in Our Schools
- 3. The Statistics of School Violence
- 4. Warning Signs of School Violence
- 5. Warning Signs Physical Warning Signs Emotional Warning Signs
- 6. Bullying
- 7. Bullying Cyber bullying Victim response School responsibility Programs for change
- 9. Gender Related Violence Student fear School Responsibility Positive change
- 10. Conclusion Programs for change Conclusion
- 11. References Works Cited Meadows, R. J. (2014). Understanding Violence and Victimization, 6th Edition. Retrieved 08 15, 2015, from https://newclassroom3.phoenix.edu/Classroom/#/contextid/OSIRIS:49132132/context/ co/view/activityDetails/activity/65634bf1-a1af-4ec3-9b01- 9d8452c72e1c/expanded/False n.a. (n.d.). Bullying and Suicide. Retrieved 08 18, 2015, from Bullying Statistics: http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/bullying-and-suicide.html n.a. (n.d.). Megan Meier Foundation: Cyberbullying & Social Media. Retrieved 08 18, 2015, from Megan Meier Foundation: http://www.meganmeierfoundation.org/cyberbullying-social-media.html n.a. (n.d.). Megan Meier Foundation: Suicide & Bullying. Retrieved 08 18, 2015, from Megan Meier Foundation: http://www.meganmeierfoundation.org/suicide-statistics.html Romero, D. (2014, 01 28). 3 of 4 Transgender Victims of Violence at School Attempt Suicide. Retrieved 08 19, 2015, from LA Weekly: http://www.laweekly.com/news/3-of- 4-transgender-victims-of-violence-at-school-attempt-suicide-4390881
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- School violence is killing our children. Lost in depression, identity issues, drugs, bullying and violence, school has become a place children fear rather than a place where they go for a better life. We will address the hard statistics of school violence, the warning signs to watch for as well as how to protect our teachers and what can be done in the future to help ensure the safety of our children. The Statistics From 2009 to 2010, it is estimated that 85% of schools experienced at least 1 violent crime incidents. This may seem like a low number given the number of schools, however, it equates to 1.9M cases of unnecessary school violence in a 1 year time frame. (Meadows, R.J., 2014) In addition to these startling facts, it was noted that 7% of high school students stay home at least one ay due to risks of victimization and 24% of students avoid 3 or more places due to these same fears. For teachers, 29% of them are threatened each month and 28% hesitated to confront students who misbehave due to fear of own safety. (Meadows, R.J., 2014)
- Physical Warning Signs There are several factors which contribute to violence from a physical perspective. These warnings include, but are not limited to, bullying, expressions of violence in writings or drawings, uncontrolled anger, patterns of chronic hitting or bullying behaviors, history of discipline problems, past history of violence and aggressive behavior, intolerance for indifferences or prejudicial attitudes towards others drug and alcohol use/abuse, affiliation with gangs, inappropriate access to, possession of and use of firearms and finally serious threats of violence witnessed. (Meadows, R.J., 2014) Emotional Warning Signs While harder to spot they are equally important warning signs that violence is eminent. These warnings include social withdrawal, feelings of being alone, excessive feelings of rejection, feeling of being picked on or persecuted, low school interest and poor academic performance. Emotional warning signs usually go hand in hand with physical ones and should be referred to counseling or social workers for follow up before violence escalates. (Meadows, R.J., 2014) It is important to remember that violence is usually the result of children not being mature enough to reconcile their emotional problems with others. Fighting, bullying and even (in extreme cases) firearm use are all escalations of these misunderstandings. Where we, as adults, can reconcile an argument with someone by using our words and not our fists (usually), children lack this ability due to the emotional immaturity they possess and often escalate their violence as a posturing maneuver to assert themselves as part of the “in crowd”.
- Bullying A small word consisting of a widespread problem in schools today. With the advent of social media, the bullying epidemic is by far the biggest threat to children today. Bullying consists of more than physical violence (fighting). The act of bullying can also include things like cyber stalking, sexting, cyber violence (including threats), emotional terrorism and other forms of emotional terror in children. Today’s children have a lot to contend with in terms of their acceptance and understanding of others. Bullying has become a way to assert oneself as alpha and popular through their ability to harm others. These social pressures children are under to become part of the “in crowd” are what lead to children joining gangs, belonging to cliques and harming others. Bullying comes in many forms; from physical violence to cyber stalking, bullying is harmful to both the physical and emotional safety of the children it effects.
- Cyber Bullying Social media has made it easier than ever to enable bullies. Through private message threats to safety, trash talking, public bashing and other negative communicative methods, are easier to deliver as they are not done in person but create a coward’s response to bullying. Public bashing of people that don’t fit into their friend circle, people that are different, anger and bashing are all made easier through the advent and availability of social media. Victim Response When we consider the bullying response among children, we must also consider what the victim does in retaliation to this violence. Suicide is often the answer for these abused and discarded children. Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among children. Children who were victims of bullying are between 2 to 9 times more likely to attempt suicide. (Bullying & Suicide, N.D.) Further research suggests that these numbers increase in girls 10-14 years of age (prepubescent). (Bullying & Suicide, N.D.) Reports in Britain account 50% of their suicides among children of the same age to bullying. (Suicide & Bullying, N.D.) By the same respect, many of the suicides are carried out by guns found in the home. Often, these bullied and abused children just have nowhere they think they can turn. They feel hopeless, discarded, unwanted and unnoticed by anyone and feel that they have no place in this world simply because of the harsh words of others. (Bullying & Suicide, N.D.) School Responsibility Within schools it is important to spread the message of not remaining silent. Schools are the best place to witness early warning signs of violence and bullying and to take action to help prevent them in the future. School counselors (when available) should be trained in identifying social problems and assisting with the solution. They should also be able to establish a psychological counseling service an encourage verbalization vs. retaliation for these children who exhibit these signs. Schools can take a pro active response to hallway fighting or reports of bullying by forcing counseling with either a school counselor or social worker which involves the parents. This will enable these workers to establish where the angst is stemming from and not only get to the root of the problems but help with a solution before violence overcomes the student. School counselors have 3 major objectives to counseling which consist of: Optimization of health condition of well being (physical, psychological, emotional, mental and social); personal development of pupils and finally, identification of risk factors that trigger aggressive, violent or self destructive behaviors and to prevent such types of behavior from future happenings. (Meadows, R.J., 2014) When school counselors are not available, social workers are often called into play (or in conjunction with school counselors). The social worker is responsible for counseling and promoting of communication and works in cooperation with other agencies (child services, doctors, psychologists). The social worker’s main purpose is to early identify high risks of violent manifestations and help review behaviors for both teacher and student. In addition to their work inside the walls of the school, they are legally allowed to visit the home for observation of problems which may exist there and assist with that resolution. (Meadows, R.J., 2014)
- Gender Violence In addition to the everyday violence today’s children have to contend with, gender violence is a major issue. For children who clearly identify as boys or girls, the ability to understand such complex sexual orientation issues is very difficult. Trans children of today are learning at earlier ages what they need to be happy in terms of their identity but because they have been closeted for so long, both children and adults lack the understanding of their plight and needs. Statistics It is because of the overall lack of understanding of the lifestyles of trans children that so many of them are bullied and harassed by their classmates. It is estimated that more than 50% of trans children who have been bullied attempt suicide. The risk is increased to 57% suicide rate for these children who are not only bullied but who have been shut out by their families. More alarming than those statistics is the fact that 78% of trans students have been physically or sexually assaulted and have attempted suicide because of these types of sexual assaults. (Romero, D., 2014)
- Student Fear Misunderstandings regarding why some children identify outside the box of normal sexual identities leads to fear, frustration, anger, misunderstanding, resentment and violence from other students. Following the adage “We fear what we do not understand”, this is especially true of the underdeveloped mind of most children who commit this violence. Raised by often closed minded parents who believe boys are boys and girls are girls, these children do not understand why trans children feel the need to express their sexuality in such an open way. These children seek one or the other answer to the question of gender identity and do not understand when the lines are les than black an white in the definition. School responsibility Just as in other forms of violence, the school has the same responsibility to provide a safe environment for the children under their care. Many jurisdictions have already adapted resources for both the trans and non trans student to promote understanding and communication. Through regular discussions in the health or science classes which deal and discuss gender issues and allow for a free form communication of such issues, these schools are helping to bridge the gap to understanding. In addition, having counselors discuss these issues in assembly, encouraging an open door counseling policy for discussion of issues and inviting trans speakers to address the student body all open the doors to communication over ignorance and hate. Schools can also form support groups for trans and non gender identified students, revert the restrooms to or offer a non gender specific restroom for students who do not wish to publically identify gender or sexuality and provide LGBT alliance groups for people who understand and do not discriminate against the alt gender children but rather hope to foster understanding for the future. The alt gender youth will find warmth and compassion within these types of groups (which should be led by a counselor and teacher) and will foster friendships based on common interests. It is important to note that any counselors, social workers or outside security brought in to help combat the bullying epidemic in your schools should have specific sensitivity training for dealing with the bullying of LGBT youth. This training will deal with proper etiquette for social interactions, help foster greater understanding at the adult level to help others deal with the specific issues these students face, and foster a non partisan approach to anti bullying efforts. Positive Change In addition to safety and security measures to protect our at risk non gender identified youth, we must begin the understanding of non traditional gender identifications at a younger age. We need to start teaching this as part of our tolerance and diversification efforts so that by the time these children reach high school age, it is as normal to them as any other student they may come across. We need to stop identifying the person based on the sexual identity they project, the way they dress, who they might have as parents (in the case of same sex marriages or alt marriages) and the physical attributes of these children and focus rather on teaching acceptance of these children at a younger age. The look, dress and identity of a person do not define who they are. Once we teach this to children, we stop the hatred as adults.
- Programs for Change In addition to counseling programs and services to help with the verbalization and resolution of anger, frustration and rage, schools can establish things such as school safety committees or task force made up of both students and faculty to help address the issues and combat the problems as they happen. Physical violence is less likely to happen when someone in a position of power is watching. Additionally, the addition of guards at locations of extreme violence or the establishment of a remote location of police (school post) where gang violence and excessive cases of violence are more prevalent, can help deter these things both on and off school grounds. Beyond the basic security measures, schools can establish clear lines of communication between students and children, anti bullying reporting systems made of school wide rules and regulations, and finally, bullying education seminars which would be mandatory to attend. By enlightening students before issues happen, resentment is minimalized. Students want to feel as if they have a safe haven in which to learn so knowing that the school takes a zero tolerance policy response to bullying and will suspend and expel students who fail to adhere to the code of conduct, will help those students feel safe and want to come to school. Only when the school responds swiftly and with a heavy fist to these actions does change begin to happen. As it relates to cyber bullying and attacks which take place at home, café’s or away from school grounds but still have the potential for violence against a student, schools need to take a proactive response to these threats and treat them as if they were made in person. Through the establishment of anti bullying task forces made up of students and faculty, students will be able to report such incidences to a counselor and have disciplinary actions reviewed and responded to immediately, before harm can come to the student. Cyber bullying and threats against a student made through social media are real and must be dealt with using an iron fist if they are to cease. On average, cyber bullying creates a greater risk of suicide or suicidal thoughts than traditional bullying and children who have been the victims of bullying are at a 24 times greater risk of committing suicide. For schools, this may not take effect on their campus but they need to address it once the students arrive in their facility. Escalation of violence following cyber bullying is 25% on average. (Cyberbullying & Social Media, N.D.) Cyber bullying has an ugly and highly illegal cousin referred to as sexting. Teenagers will often exchange photos of a former spouse in less than acceptable dress, through the group texting options of their cell phones, and distribute these photographs in attempt to get even with the person they broke up with. It is important that schools take the same stance on these crimes as they do on cyber bullying. Furthermore, having a speaker talk to the class regarding the legal ramifications of underage sexting and how it could result in their arrest, is also important. There is a firm line of impropriety when it relates to the distribution of underage children in pseudo sexual renderings. This could result in an underage high school child being expelled and registered as a sex offender before graduation. (Meadows, R.J., 2014). It is for this reason that the school needs to address the masses on the risks they are taking when they choose this as a response. For schools, they need to report these incidences to authorities, counselors need to be versed in post traumatic counseling tactics following an incident such as this and overall, a zero tolerance policy needs to be adapted. Conclusion While violence is not limited to just children in schools, the methods for keeping staff safe from retaliations by students is similar to the outlined security measures against bullying. Adding things like medal detectors, security personnel, security cameras and by having these people walk teachers to their cars at night to ensure their safety, we not only keep the kids safe, but we keep the staff safe while doing it. It is through the zero tolerance policy against violence that we weed out the troubled youth and get them at a safe distance from at risk children. Through the use of counselors and social workers we are able to not only identify at risk violence and violence tendencies but are able to get them into counseling programs and/or provide a social worker to address possible violence at home which could be leading to the student’s violent tendencies. The ability to understand these behaviors and what causes them is as important as getting the troubled student the help they need to be able to overcome their anger before they hurt themselves or someone else. When we, at a young age, introduce LGBT understanding, we are less likely to see violent outbursts at a later age because of the conditioning provided to the students ahead of time. These students are at an increased risk of death from suicide because of both the torment they go through at school as well as the possibility of being shut out by their families at home. With gay marriage going into effect across the U.S., it is time to spread the message of understanding vs. hate. Involve the parents, the students friends and allies, anyone who can speak for the often silent bullied trans child. By involving the home support of children both straight and non identified gender or sexuality, we begin to see that bullying is often the result of underlying sources of angst, abuse, neglect or learning difficulties on the part of the abuser rather than an actual issue with the victimized child. Promote the “End the Silence” campaign against violence of any kind. Speak to kids if you see them struggling, get them to end their silent terror and get help from you, the teachers there to educate and protect them. Only by reporting the incidences do we end the violence and keep bullies at bay from these victims. Schools should be a violence free zone. With proper precautions, we can ensure that our schools, and the children under our care, are safe.