This presentation contain useful information to school, parents and students in order to respond against bullying and cyberbullying.

1. UNIVERSITY OF THE ARMED FORCES-ESPE
AT A DISTANCE EDUCATION MODE
RESPONDING TO BULLYING BEHAVIOUR
ESTHER ANABELL RIVERA RODRIGUEZ
SARA ABIGAIL SALAZAR LOOR
LCDO. MIGUEL VINICIO PONCE MEDINA, PHD.
2017-2018

2. 23. RESPONDING TO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
BULLYING BEHAVIOUR
PRACTICAL TOOLS TO RESPOND
TO INTIMIDATION ACCORDING TO
THE DEGREE OF SERIOUSNESS

4. 24. TOOLS FOR ASSESSING AND RESPONDING
TO BULLYINGINCIDENTS
They are useful tools to
measure or evaluate the
severity of an incident.
The tools must be
adapted to take into
account the
circumstances of the
people affected and the
incident.
The bullying assessment
matrix can be used
before going to the quick
reference guide.
The quick reference
guide allows schools to
respond to bullying
incidents according to a
range of mild, moderate,
major and severe.

5. Bullying
Preventionand
ResponseReview
Cycle

6. Thereare many
agencies willing
to support
schools such
as:
Child,
Youth and Family (CYF)
New Zealand Police, or NetSafe.
(employs officers from the school
community)
The New Zealand School Trustees
Association (NZSTA)

7. In case of emergency,
schools should call 111
They employ officers from
the school community to
provide prevention services.

8. Key considerations when
it is decided to involve
CYF
The impact on the
child
Schools notify CYF if
they believe someone
can be:
Unsafe or in danger of harm
Suffering from mistreatment, abuse or
neglect.
Signs to look for in
children
Unexplained absences
Lack of participation
Poor social skills
Misbehavior
Changes in their achievements
The parents’ ability to
provide support
Indications that
families need support
Stressed parents
Drug or alcohol problems
Domestic Violence
Mental health
Problems
families without support networks.

9. WHATHAPPENWITHSTUDENTS?
▪ They tend to experiment negative
longer-term educational and health
outcomes
WHYTO USE?
▪ Balance the safety of targets of
bullying behavior.
▪ Support them to develop the skills
to have healthy social relationship.
HOW TO USE?
▪ Use these options carefully,
respecting educational & health
outcomes of both the targets and
initiators of bullying behavior
THE ROLE OF PARENTS, FAMILY,
WHANAU& COMMUNITY
▪ Support for their child if their
child is initiating bullying behavior
THE ROLEOF TEACHERS
▪ Be part of a more comprehensive
response.
QUESTIONSTO CONSIDER
▪ Do we have processes to help
initiators of bullying behavior?
▪ Where we do use disciplinary
procedures are these part of a
more comprehensive response?

10. CHARACTERISTICSOF
MEDIA SPOKESPERSON
▪ Be truthful
▪ Repeat the key message
▪ Explain why information
cannot be shared.
▪ Keep privacy of students.
▪ In order to anticipate or interact
bullying incidents, it is necessary to
consider the following steps:
GUIDELINES
SCHOOLS SHOULD:
▪ Have a media spokesperson to front the
media who can be the principal or chair
of Board.
▪ Be prepared for interviews and consider:
Key questions, interviewee, interviewer,
it is live or pre-recorder.
▪ Don’t feel under pressure.
▪ Prepare and be confident of its message.
▪ Summarize the story: what happened
and what is being done.
▪ Ensure the school community.
▪ Consider accessing media training for
principals & Chairs of Boards of Trustees.

11. ▪ HOW TO RESPOND TO
BULLYING INCIDENTS
▪ Apply bullying policy and
procedures to cyberbullying
▪ Schools are being challenged to
understand and manage new
types of behavior.
▪ Teachers can promote good
digital citizenship by:
▪ Promote a positive culture of
digital technology use.
▪ Remove online material
▪ Identify the responsible and ask to take down the material
▪ Request a provider like Facebook to remove online content.
▪ Seek advice from NetSafe
▪ Develop class contracts with students which consider
appropriate behavior online.
▪ Teach to students how to avoid making themselves
vulnerable online.
▪ Consider that online & offline bullying or harassing behaviors
are closely linked.
▪ Consider blending information & communications from
different sources & media.
▪ Consider that online & offline bullying or harassing behaviors
are closely linked.
▪ Consider blending information & communications from
different sources & media.
▪ They should integrate specific consideration of cyberbullying
▪ Set out clear prevention and response strategies

12. ▪ Useful advices provided by NetSafe
Parents,students&whānau
PREVENTING CYBERBULLYING
▪ How can parents and whānau
help keep their children safe
on the internet?
• Parents & Whanau can
support their children
TEACHING to be responsible
digital citizens.
Teachto never:
• Share personal information or
passwords
• Talk online with strange
• Control children usage of
internet
• Give advice and support the
young person to keep
themselves safe.
• Students should talk with
someone they trust if they or
others are bullied
• Encourage students to
activate privacy settings on
social networking
• If student know bullying
content, he/she should inform
to the person through of
private message.
▪ How can students protect
themselves from
cyberbullying?

13. ▪ Useful advices provided by NetSafe
School
PREVENTING CYBERBULLYING
▪ Create a positive, inclusive and support climate to students
▪ Establish positive social values
▪ What is the best way to create a safety culture in a schools
including around cyberbullying?
▪ Policies are necessary and should be created with help of
staff, students, parents & whanau.
▪ Are policies available for schools to use?
▪ Blocking websites is only one option
▪ Explain to students how to be aware and deal with
unwanted websites.
▪ Use filters to block certain websites.
▪ How can a school block a website?
▪ How do we manage permissions effectively?
▪ In order to see programs, check NetSafe’s website.
▪ Where can we find anti-cyberbullying & internet safety
programs?

14. ▪ Useful advices provided by NetSafe
PREVENTING CYBERBULLYING
▪ Depend of the needs of school
▪ Everyone in the school should be responsible for digital technology
▪ What is a reasonable amount of time for schools to spend on
cyberbullying education?
▪ Encourage to students to use social networks responsibly
▪ Implement policies about mobile device use in class/school.
▪ How can we stop students from wasting time on social
networking sites?
▪ Principals have to use their networks to work with other
schools and agree on appropriate responses to
bullying/cyberbullying.
▪ How can schools cooperate to deal with inter-school bullying?
▪ Yes, he/she can do it using the school newsletter.
▪ Can a principal inform parents of websites that students
should avoid?
School

15. ▪ Useful advices provided by NetSafe
RESPONDING TO
CYBERBULLYING
▪ Advise children
about to avoid
posting or sharing
any images they
don’t want
distribute.
▪ Report internet
cyberbullying to
the website
where the bullying
took place.
▪ Use “Block” or
“Report” function of
social networks as
Facebook.
▪ Block the mobile
number of bullies.
▪ Abusive text
messages should
be reported to
student’s phone
company.
Parents, whānau and students

16. ▪ Useful advices provided by NetSafe
RESPONDING TO
CYBERBULLYING
▪ Discourage
students to share
inappropriate
images of
themselves or
others.
▪ Use Digital
Communication
guidance
▪ Talk with Facebook
page owner in
order to remove
bullying material.
▪ Take discipline of
students who
practice
cyberbullying
through school
policies.
▪ Telecommunication
Companies have
created
cyberbullying
resources which
can be used by
schools.
SCHOOL
▪ Cyberbullying may be
related to a range of
criminal & civil
offences therefore
school should contact
with local police
station

17. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION