BULLYING--WARNING SIGNS,
HELP NUMBERS, & Helpful
Web Sites
Disclaimer:
Online information found here is made available so that individuals may find
out whether consultation with a counselor or doctor may be helpful. This is a
help site and is not intended to provide treatment, diagnosis, or consultation.
This information does not replace the advice of a doctor.
Identifying
Bullying*
Children,
after all, learn from what they see us do, rather than from what we say. When
adults do not intervene, bullies may feel there is nothing wrong with their
actions. Targets may feel they deserve the bullying.
Adults
can intervene effectively to reduce bullying. The first step is to identify
bullying. It includes:
--Physical
bullying:
hitting, kicking, pushing, choking, and punching
--Verbal
bullying:
threatening, taunting, teasing, starting rumors, hate speech.
--Exclusion
from activities:
This does not mean that a child should not have
the right to choose to play, or not to play, with another child; it does mean
that children should not be allowed to systematically exclude others:
"No one play with Mary;" "No one wants to play with him;"
"Don't be her friend."
*ÓIdentifying BullyingÓ; Stan
Davis. www.stopbullyingnow.com/identify.htm
HELP NUMBERS
--School Related
Issues—Contact Building Principal
High
School
Middle
School
Elementary
Principal
--Non-school Related Bullying contact the
Police
Department
--Guidance Counselors—
Middle School
Elementary
--Family physician or local/area clinic
--Family
services, social agencies, or clergy
--Check the phone book under Òmental healthÓ,
ÒhealthÓ, Òsocial servicesÓ, ÒhotlinesÓ or ÒphysiciansÓ for phone numbers and
addresses.
An emergency room doctor also can provide temporary
help and can tell you where and how to get further help.
FOR
AFTER HOURS HELP CALL:
24
Hours Daily—Confidential--Free
National Suicide Hotline:
1-800-273-8255
Teen Help Line: 1-800-443-8336
Teen Help Line is not a crisis or ÒhotlineÓ. The line
provides health information & referral services for Iowa teens.
If
you are thinking of harming yourself or know someone who is, tell someone who
can help immediately.
--Call your doctor.
--Call 911 or go to a hospital emergency room to get immediate help or ask a friend or family member to help you do these things.
--Call the toll-free, 24-hour hotline number for the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
--Make sure you or the suicidal person is not left alone.
Helpful
Links for More Information On Bullying
Scroll
down the page to find sites with more information.
Teens
Health
www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html
Mental
Health America
www.nmha.org/index.cfm?objectid=CA866DBF-1372-4D20-C817AE97DDF77E4E
Focus
Adolescent Services
Disney
Family Parenting
http://family.go.com/parenting/article-sk-19015-bullying-and-your-teenager-t/
Disney
Family Parenting: Cyber-bullying
http://family.go.com/parenting/article-gs-266423-get-the-faqs-about-cyber-bullying-t/
National
Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
www.safeyouth.org/scripts/topics/bullying.asp