Bullying to a majority of people may be seen as harmless fun between students that will eventually stop as they grow older. However, these people do not know how bullying impacts students mentally and physically. They may wind up hurting themselves or others around them and so as to prevent that from happening, school districts must provide students, and parents, anti-bullying programs. According to a study conducted by The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 11 public middle schools, with a sample of as many as 2,300 students and teachers, students who are constantly bullied have proved that they perform poorly in schools (Wolpert, 2010). In the context set herein, this paper will discuss the causes of bullying, ways to help
…show more content…
There are several different and simple solutions to help spread awareness about bullying and try to prevent it from happening. An example would be the Olweus Anti-Bullying Prevention Program, an anti-bullying program developed by Clemson University, and their collaboration with LOGAN, an organization which caters to the needs of adults and children with disabilities (Chappell, 2015). They have developed an anti-bullying curriculum for students which is now available across the state of Indiana but has, so far, only been taken up by Christ the King School in South Bend, Indiana. Classes are offered three times a week, are 20-30 minutes long and provide students with books and trainers to help use the material correctly (Chappell, 2015). Whereas such innovative new methodologies are being developed by numerous institutions countrywide, there are several anti-bullying practices that have already been implemented. This solution can be very helpful because it teaches students and faculty what bullying is and how to stop it when it happens. For example, Teachers in elementary schools can also punish students who bully by having a 15 minute time out in class where the bully would not participate in class …show more content…
For instance, school counselors have been using animals to allow victims of bullying to cope with what they have been through. According to one school counselor, Stephanie Avila, therapy dogs are utilized as a part of the LC Valley to help individuals get past intense times (Ryan, 2015). She then explains that her two therapy dogs may have the ability to help students with the harassment they are facing in schools. (Ryan, 2015). Avila explains that she tries to adjust the students to what the dogs can do and help solve conflicts between students. She teaches them sympathy, tenderness and empathy to stop bullying. She then elaborates that her dogs have the intrinsic capacity to sense anxiety and nervousness, and they react to it immediately (Ryan, 2015). Avila further clarifies that the dogs help encourage the students to open up about their issues. She believes that the students feel relaxed and more confident. Therefore we see that use of animals in therapy can work to mitigate against adverse emotional and psychological trauma amongst victims. There is, then, value in adopting similar practices across the
There are several different and simple solutions to help spread awareness about bullying and try to prevent it from happening. An example would be the Olweus Anti-Bullying Prevention Program, an anti-bullying program developed by Clemson University, and their collaboration with LOGAN, an organization which caters to the needs of adults and children with disabilities (Chappell, 2015). They have developed an anti-bullying curriculum for students which is now available across the state of Indiana but has, so far, only been taken up by Christ the King School in South Bend, Indiana. Classes are offered three times a week, are 20-30 minutes long and provide students with books and trainers to help use the material correctly (Chappell, 2015). Whereas such innovative new methodologies are being developed by numerous institutions countrywide, there are several anti-bullying practices that have already been implemented. This solution can be very helpful because it teaches students and faculty what bullying is and how to stop it when it happens. For example, Teachers in elementary schools can also punish students who bully by having a 15 minute time out in class where the bully would not participate in class …show more content…
For instance, school counselors have been using animals to allow victims of bullying to cope with what they have been through. According to one school counselor, Stephanie Avila, therapy dogs are utilized as a part of the LC Valley to help individuals get past intense times (Ryan, 2015). She then explains that her two therapy dogs may have the ability to help students with the harassment they are facing in schools. (Ryan, 2015). Avila explains that she tries to adjust the students to what the dogs can do and help solve conflicts between students. She teaches them sympathy, tenderness and empathy to stop bullying. She then elaborates that her dogs have the intrinsic capacity to sense anxiety and nervousness, and they react to it immediately (Ryan, 2015). Avila further clarifies that the dogs help encourage the students to open up about their issues. She believes that the students feel relaxed and more confident. Therefore we see that use of animals in therapy can work to mitigate against adverse emotional and psychological trauma amongst victims. There is, then, value in adopting similar practices across the