Bullying Information and Interventions used at Ann Windle School for Young Children

District Link: https://www.dentonisd.org/Page/600

Bullying: The Definition:

Bullying is unfair and one-sided.  It happens when someone keeps hurting, frightening, threatening, or leaving someone out on purpose. It is severe, persistent, and pervasive behavior.

Bully Prevention and Intervention:                             

We encourage friendly behavior for all of our students. We use the Travis and Presley Curriculum to support teaching friendly behaviors to your child. Topics addressed in the Travis and Presley Curriculum are: Respecting Others, Share and Take Turns, Please and Thank You, Be Polite, Good Teamwork, and It’s OK to be Different.

 If Your Child Has Been Bullied:

* Listen to what your child reports and get as many details as you are able.  Explain that you can help most when you have as much information as possible. 

    *Ask the when, what, where, who, and what happened before and after. 

* Let your child’s teacher know anytime an incident of possible bullying occurs.

* The counselor will work with child to develop a plan of action with appropriate strategies and responses to bullying.

* An administrator may speak to your student in order to get all the details about the bullying incident.

 *If needed, the counselor will work with bystanders to help increase positive peer pressure to eliminate the bullying.

       Encourage them to tell an adult. If they do not feel comfortable telling an adult, we encourage the parent to let us know what is going on, so we can help.

According to youth who have been bullied, these things are the most helpful things we all can do:

 Spend time with me at school (friends)

 Talk to me at school to encourage me (teacher, counselor,friends)

 Help me get away from the situation (friend, teacher)

 Help me tell an adult (friend)

 Make a distraction (friend)

 Tell an adult for me (friend)

These things work sometimes, but sometime they make things worse:

 Kindly tell the person to stop

 Angrily tell the person to stop bullying

These things never help:

 Make fun of me

 Blame me

 Ignore the situation

 First Incident: The teacher and counselor will work together to encourage the student not to bully and develop alternatives to bullying. The teacher will inform the parent.

 Second Incident: A discipline referral will be written and the district Code of Conduct will be followed. The administrator and counselor will work together to provide additional support to eliminate the bullying practices. The administrator will contact parents.

 Third Incident: A second discipline referral will be written and the Code of Conduct followed. Additionally, the campus Response to Intervention team will review the student’s behavior and determine what additional interventions are needed. Parents will be contacted by an administrator.

 Additional incidents of bullying will be handled in similar manners, following the district Code of Conduct and recommendations from the team to help the student develop more appropriate social behavior.

 Bullying often happens away from the watchful eyes of teachers; Conflict often happens where authority figures can see what’s going on.

 In bullying, one person or one group of people are being targeted and often others are afraid to step in and help.

 Bullies are not friends with their targets. Sometimes friends have conflicts because they want different things.

 Bullying cannot be solved by talking things out with the target. Conflict can be solved with adult intervention.

 Your Child’s Teacher

 Sabrina Polk, School Counselor   

 Lisa De Los Santos, Assistant Principal

 Angela Hellman, Principal

If the bullying ishappening at the bus stop or on the bus:

please contact the Department of Transportation at

940-369-0300 to discuss your concerns.