If you have any questions about the information contained within, or you'd like to find out more about Family Network on Disabilities FREE trainings, please visit our website at www.fndusa.org or call TOLL FREE in Florida 800-825-5736. Want to know more? We offer over 30 online tutorials on our website. You can find them at www.fndfl.org/Tutorials.asp. What can teachers do about classroom bullying? What can teachers do about classroom bullying? Preventing and responding to classroom bullying should not create an additional burden for the dedicated teacher. The same atmosphere that promotes effective teaching and successful student learning can help address the challenge of student bullying. Veteran teachers already plan, deliver, modify, evaluate and debrief lessons and activities. They do this in a manner that reflects a knowledge and understanding of the students they teach. Many new and enthusiastic teachers are armed with the latest content, theories and intent to impact their students' lives in positive ways. Both kinds of teachers can develop and apply a repertoire of strategies that will help prevent, deter and respond to classroom bullying while promoting their academic mission. Strategies may include: · Modeling desired attitudes and behaviors; · Fostering student-shared responsibility for the classroom's social and physical environment; · Establishing and communicating rules and sanctions regarding bullying; · Applying classroom rules fairly and consistently; · Identifying and intervening upon undesirable attitudes and behaviors that could be "gateway
behaviors" to bullying and harassment; · Managing time and task so that students remain connected and productive and less likely to
engage in undesirable behaviors; · Teaching students how to ask for help and how to report cruelty, bullying, and harassment; · Responding to requests of help; · Referring critical bullying cases to appropriate sources of support; · Aligning instructional topics of courage, reasoning, fairness, justice, responsibility, citizenship,
and collaboration with appropriate academic/elective content or extracurricular activities; · Promoting personal and social skills development; · Recognizing culture diversity as an influence on relationships, identity, and social issues. Resources: * Wrightslaw - The Special Ed Advocate
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