1. Verbal bullying including derogatory comments and bad names 2. Bullying through social exclusion or isolation 3. Physical bullying such as hitting,

• 1. Verbal bullying including derogatory comments and bad names2. Bullying through social exclusion or isolation3. Physical bullying such as hitting, kicking, shoving, and spitting4. Bullying through lies and false rumors5. Having money or other things taken or damaged by students who bully6. Being threatened or being forced to do things by students who bully7. Racial bullying8. Sexual bullying9. Cyber bullying (via cell phone or Internet)

• 1. Students who bully have strong needs for power and (negative) dominance.

•2. Students who bully find satisfaction in causing injury and suffering to other students.

•3. Students who bully are often rewarded in some way for their behavior withmaterial or psychological rewards.

•Depression •Low self-esteem•Health problems •Poor grades •Suicidal thoughts

• Get into frequent fights • Steal and vandalize property • Drink alcohol and smoke • Report poor grades • Perceive a negative climate at school • Carry a weapon

• "Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones

• As bullying has moved beyond the schoolyard and to Facebook pages, online chat groups and cellphone texts, its victims are feeling more hopeless and depressed

• Examples• A student is bombarded by anonymous threatening and taunting

emails at home, even though there is no direct harassment at school.

• A nasty fake profile is posted at a social networking site using a student’s real name, photo, and contact information

• Surveys Show That 77% of students are bullied mentally, verbally, & physically

• 100,000 students carry a gun to school.• Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider

suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University

• A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying

• Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75 percent of school-shooting incidents.

This PowerPoint presentation was put together by:

Johnny FriedlanderLife ScoutTroop 368

Berkeley Heights, New Jersey