Inspire, Interact, Ignite, Intervene, Impact
October is Bullying Awareness Month. Everyone knows that bullying situations involve the student who's targeted and the student doing the bullying. This week we are focusing on encouraging students to be an effective bystander and different ways to respond to bullying situations.
Bystanders are powerful. In fact, more than half of bullying situations will end if bystanders take action. Direct confrontation is one way to intervene, but is recommended only if its feels safe to do so. Indirect help — such as not encouraging the situation or offering support to the person being bullied — is also effective. The most powerful acts to take are giving support to the person being bullied. Bystanders can also let other students know that bullying is not okay. We need to start equipping and empowering youth to ignite change in peer behavior. |
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