Planning and Prevention
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- Rewards & Punishment
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NEA Crisis Management Guide: Being Prepared Before a Crisis
If we want to have peace in the world, we have to start with the children.
— Gandhi
Bullying – Systematically and chronically inflicting physical hurt and/or psychological distress on one or more students.
However it is defined, bullying is not just child’s play, but a terrifying experience many American school children face every day. It can be as direct as teasing, hitting or threatening, or indirect as in exclusion, rumors or manipulation. During the past decade, bullying has become more lethal and has occurred more frequently than it had in the previous two decades. In our quest to provide the quality education that America’s children deserve, this problem can no longer be treated lightly. NEA’s National Bullying Awareness Campaign is designed to assist communities in developing solutions that will eradicate bullying from America’s public schools.
Bullying can no longer be explained away, as some adults are inclined to do, as a normal part of growing up. Bullying has only harmful, not beneficial, effects for the target and the perpetrator – even the bystander. Many children in our nation’s schools are robbed of their opportunity to learn because they are bullied and victimized daily. Bullying exacts a terrible toll on children, and the scars can last a lifetime.
National Bullying Awareness Campaign
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NEA’s National Bullying Awareness Campaign
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is a serious problem in all schools — elementary, secondary, and postsecondary. Ac cording to Hostile Hallways, a 1993 survey conducted by the American Association of University Women, four our of five students have experienced some form of sexual harassment in school.
Sexual harassment in schools, however, is illegal under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination — including sexual harassment — in schools receiving federal funds.
In March 1997, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an official Policy Guidance on sexual harassment of students under Title IX, following more than three years of work with NEA and several other national advocacy organizations. The questions and answers provided in the following document summarize the basic provisions of “Sexual Harassment Guidance: Harassment of Students by School Employees, Other Students, or Third Parties.”
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“STOP Student Sexual Harassment NOW!”
Gender
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Sexual Orientation & Youth
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Focus on Gays, Lesbians, & Bisexuals
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Anger management programs are giving educators the tools they need to create safer schools.
Helping Children Deal with Their Anger
Do you have a child who flies off the handle, easily hurts others with words, and seems to constantly get into trouble at school or play?
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Safe Schools
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School Violence: Perceptions & Solutions
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Television Violence
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Child Abuse and Neglect
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The hope of every parent is to have children who are responsible, concerned members of society. Discipline, of course, is a part of this effort. Avoid physical punishment because other forms of discipline (short periods of isolation or withholding privileged activities) focus more on behavior and less on the self-concept of the child. Hatred builds quickly when punishment hurts the child physically.
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Click on this link for the HIN section on Substance Use
Click on this link for the Statement of Ann Rifleman before the Congressional Prevention Coalition on the Impact of Child Abuse on Learning (June 21, 1999)
Sexual Health
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Nutrition
Subsidized breakfast programs have been around for years, but some schools offer them with a new twist. Click on this link for “Health & Fitness: A Morning Boost for Every Child”
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