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5 KEY SCHOOL BULLYING PREVENTION STRATEGIES |
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Anti-Bullying Assembly Programs
Plain and simple: Get someone who connects
with the age group and has a powerful
message. The goal should be to find a
speaker who seeks to change the hearts of
bullies, who gives the bullied kids
practical and helpful advice, and who
motivates peer bystanders to intercede and
report. Does it work? You bet it
does—But it is imperative to book a speaker
who can do the job and has a trail of
references to prove it.
Begin your Bullying Prevention Campaign with
such a speaker and watch your school begin to
change! |
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Anti-Bullying Policy
Any School Bullying Prevention Campaign must
be clearly communicated with the entire
staff, student body, parents, and even the
bus drivers! Such a campaign can be
spelled out in an Anti-Bullying Policy,
which acts much
like a covenant of law. It should
include a clear definition of what bullying
is, protocol for both staff and students
when in the presence of bullying, procedures
for determining the truth and severity of
the incident, and affirm strict consequences
for extreme cases. |
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Bullying Prevention/Peer Mediation Education
Teaching and training your student body in
Bullying Prevention, involving ethics and
peer mediation, will be invaluable in the
endeavor to stop bullying at your
school. Bullying Prevention Education
will equip your students with knowledge of
what to do when in the presence of a bulling
incident. There are numerous
organizations and groups available to spend
a day with your students at your school, or
even to invite 50 of your select students for a
weekend camp
retreat. |
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4.
Bully Hotline
Implementing a Bully Hotline is a
winning strategy for schools. Have a
phone number loudly advertised to all, with
the guarantee that the one who answers the
call is there to help in confidence.
This will be an invaluable assurance to both
the bullied victim and to the bystander who
is afraid of being the school "snitch." Furthermore, because
today's student is more accustom and
comfortable with online Facebook style chat,
email, and especially texting, those would
be the more popular approaches to your Bully
Hotline. |
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5.
Victim Involvement
The best prevention to bullying, in this
speaker's evaluation, is to build the
confidence and self-esteem of the bullied
student.
As I sometimes say in my assemblies, "A
bully is looking for a victim - one who
cowers and turns red in the face at their
very appearance, but if you don't give that
to them, there is no reward for them and
they will soon stop." Strongly
encourage the bullied student
to get involved in school, to join clubs
like choir, drama, or charity organizations - Also
to get involved outside of
school, like a church youth group.
Encourage him or her to socialize and make
new friends. The support and newness
of not being a loner will give him or her a
newfound confidence that will grow, and will
be the beginning of a new life. |
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Implementing any of these 5
Bullying Prevention strategies will be an
effective deterrent to bullying, and you can
be assured that implementing all 5 will
change the climate at your school! |
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Cary Trivanovich
Speaker/Performer |
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Cary
Trivanovich began his school assembly career
at 17 years of age as a performer only, mixing
pantomimes with verbal humor. His
success was instant.
Cary was making appearances at Hollywood theatres, international and state theatre festivals—while still a
teenager! A friend noticed
that Cary had a unique connection with youth
audiences and encouraged him to include a
motivational talk in his assembly performances. Cary took
that advice and added a short message to
encourage the students who were victims of
the "mean kids" at school. This was in
the early 80's, long before bullying came to the
forefront of concern in America's schools.
Cary's unique performance + message
presentation for youth became so successful
that he started receiving youth conference
keynote invites. His message and
popularity in school bullying prevention
assemblies has grown significantly through
the years, speaking in schools throughout virtually every state.
Little did he know
when he began performing as a teenager, that one day, 3,500
schools later, he would be America's leading school
assembly program on Bullying Prevention. |
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Cary
Trivanovich can be contacted for more
information or booking inquiries:
Email: cary@carytrivanovich.com
Home Office: 949-858-5500
carytrivanovich.com
coolassemblies.com
manonstage.com
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