List the five parties involved in any in-school bullying situation and give at least one tip for intervening in bullying for each party.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Allow any one answer listed under each party.
Child/Victim:
Teach assertiveness skills
Teach alternative responses to bullying
Teach anxiety management, social and coping skills
Child/Bully:
Teach alternatives to violence
Help children develop empathy
Teach coping skills to reduce impulsive behavior
Parent of the victim:
Teach authoritative parenting sills
Encourage parents to aid children in being independent and developing coping skills
Parent of the bully:
Teach authoritative parenting skills
Parent with sensitivity and consistency
Model nonaggressive behavior, interpersonal interactions, and conflict management strategies
Provide positive feedback to children for appropriate social behavior
Use alternatives to physical punishment
School
Avoid grouping students by physical characteristics such as height
Stress that victims are not to blame
Teach social skills and conflict management
Promote a positive school climate that encourages students to feel good about themselves
Encourage fair discipline that is nonpunitive
Train teachers to identify and respond to potentially damaging victimization
Teachers use positive feedback and modeling to address appropriate social interactions
School personnel never ignore bullying behaviors
Encourage classmates to support one another and, rather than simply watch bullying events occur, tell a teacher, and refuse to watch or encourage the bully
Review and modifying school practices with an eye toward identifying how school procedures may contribute to bullying