Bullying Awareness

Bullying is very common and well-established problem for children in many societies (National Center for Education Statistics, 2015). A child is considered bullied when he is frequently subjected to bad actions on behalf of peers. This counselor will address the issue presented in this paper through a group format raising awareness in teaching selected students the skills to recognize and diffuse bullying. The counselor will meet with the group 4 times. She will also meet alone with Juan 2 times. The sessions will be as follows, first session: Juan and counselor alone, the next 4 consecutive meetings will be with the entire group, and the last meeting will be the conclusion of the sessions comprised of Juan and the counselor alone to assess …show more content…
The same questions will be asked in the first session, and at the end of the fourth session, to determine if there is any growth on the part of the participants. The answers will be used as an assessment tool to have data, to determine the degree of knowledge these students have on self-concept and self-esteem due to this intervention. Some questions will be: “Why do you think some bullies are popular and have high status in schools?”, “what could be some consequences of being a victim of bullying?”, “predict the path a bully can take after being bullied”, “what strategies can you think of that will improve reduce bullying?”. The four group gatherings will be created to promote talking about subjects like violence, abuse, and bullying. Every participating student will provide his ideas and views on violence such as hurting others and fighting. This counselor will promote students to share what they know about verbal, physical, emotional, and sexual violence. According to Kerr, 2009, helping students to become aware of their actions will lead them to understand how bullying hurts peers. This counselor will provide colored pencils and white papers for students to create a list of words or drawings that depict violence. Writing or drawings will lead the group to talk and to identify words that are related to bullying. Students will begin to identify the …show more content…
Henderson & Thompson, 2011, states that personal development leads to social commitment. Juan’s inability to express himself in English, and his inadequacy of his shyness, do not allow him to progress in making friends at school. This counselor will help Juan to decrease his feelings of inferiority, overcome his discouragement of not speaking enough English, and to recognize skills and resources that can be helpful to him. The technique of “What I know about myself” will be used to help Juan cope with his shyness to increase self-awareness and self esteem (Henderson & Thompson, 2011). Juan will need to share and identify the peers who know him, the ones he talks to during the school day. Next he will have to identify and share what those peers know about him. Finally, Juan will need to identify and share strengths he possess that he is aware of. Juan and this counselor will discuss every step taken in this technique, and Juan will have to say at loud what he knew about himself before this exercise started. Juan will have to express what he knows about himself after the exercise was finished. At the end of the session, this counselor will tell Juan that his strengths can be utilize to boost his friendship with others, and to validate that he can have an excellent relationship with peers even though his English skills are not perfect, he can still communicate in the new language, and he can