Bully: An Action Plan for Teachers, Parents, and Communities to Combat the Bullying Crisis
Bully: An Action Plan for Teachers, Parents, and Communities to Combat the Bullying Crisis
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“An insightful and moving documentary.” —USA Today
“Moving and touching…Bully forces you to confront…the extent to which cruelty is embedded in our schools and therefore in our society as a whole.” —New York Times, Critics’ Pick
ABOUT THIS AUDIOBOOK:
A companion to the acclaimed film Bully, this audiobook brings the story of the documentary beyond the closing credits, continuing the national conversation inspired by the film. Personal anecdotes from prominent antibullying activists and celebrities alongside essays from renowned experts, authors, government officials, and educators offer powerful insights, resources, and concrete steps to combat the bullying epidemic. An essential part of any campaign to decrease bullying and increase empathy, the audiobook also follows the stories of the families featured in the film beyond the big screen, who contribute valuable advice on the timely topic of bullying in our nation. This guide is crucial for parents, educators, school administrators, and anyone who is committed to the 13 million schoolchildren who will face bullying this year.
CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE:
Mike Honda, U.S. congressperson (D-Calif.), whose memories of World War II Japanese internment camps inspired a life of public service and a commitment to combat bullying
Amy McCready, founder of Positive Parenting Solutions, whose life’s work has been dedicated to helping parents and families
Dr. Robyn Silverman, child and teen development specialist, frequent expert appearing on national television shows including The Today Show, Good Morning America, and Anderson
Marlo Thomas, actress and spokesperson for children, whose landmark Free to Be You and Me inspired a generation
James Wendorf, executive director of the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, who is making her union a major force for change in the effort to stamp out bullying
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781501288098 |
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Publisher: | Brilliance Audio |
Publication date: | 08/18/2015 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Product dimensions: | 5.25(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.50(d) |
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Bully
An Action Plan for Teachers, Parents, and Communities to Combat the Bullying CrisisBy Lee Hirsch Cynthia Lowen
Weinstein Books
Copyright © 2012 Weinstein BooksAll right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-60286-184-8
Chapter One
Everything Starts with One
The documentary Bully began in the spring of 2009, with the conviction that NOW is the time for this film. It started with the voices of kids and parents, of teachers and administrators, of those who had been bullied decades ago and those who were targeted that day, coming into the light to talk about their experiences. Although bullying is not a new phenomenon, it is one that has been long shrouded in silence, shame, embarrassment, and helplessness. However, as the voices began to multiply, as more and more kids and adults courageously came forward to tell their stories and to speak to their commitment to change, so did the sense that Bully could catalyze a movement among youth, families, educators, and communities to turn the tide on bullying.
After three long years from production to the big screen, meeting kids, parents, and educators across the United States and documenting the many challenges and the hard-won triumphs, Bully arrived in theaters nationwide on April 13, 2012, with a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. The film's premiere in fifty-five cities across the U.S. was the culmination of hard work not only by the filmmakers, but by dozens of organizations and individuals partnering with the documentary to help promote its message and to make it accessible to those who need to see it most—our nation's young people.
A passion project for director Lee Hirsch and producer Cynthia Lowen, Bully became the little film that could, unifying a growing movement and rallying cry by shining a spotlight on a very big problem that for too long has gone unresolved—and unnoticed. By focusing on the specific struggles of five families, Bully provided a glimpse into the life of the bullied and how bullying is a problem that has become embedded in our schools. With its disturbing images of physical and emotional abuse, the film exposed the disconnects and communication breakdowns often found between parents and children, and families and schools, and tapped into a shift in the collective consciousness that says, "No longer should bullying be an individual or a private matter, or a rite of passage; instead, it is a social issue that concerns all of us, not just those who suffer in silence."
Bully is dedicated to the thirteen million children who will be bullied in the United States this year, as well as the generations of children who came before them, and to their families, whose cries for help have fallen upon deaf ears. With research showing that only 4 to 13 percent of middle- and high-school students indicate that they would report an incident of bullying to a teacher, administrator, or another school staff member, it is hoped that the film will encourage more students to speak out and trust that their stories will be both heard and taken seriously. It is also hoped that this film will inspire school systems across the nation to confront the bullying of students head-on with a whole-school approach that involves administrators, teachers, and counselors rather than with the well-intentioned but ineffective assurances, sympathetic looks, or shrugged shoulders of the past and that our nation's legislators will stand firm in their resolve to ensure that all students enjoy educational opportunities without discrimination or harassment.
THE BATTLE OF THE BULLIED
Bullying is the most common form of violence experienced by young people in the nation. Every day, more than 160,000 students skip school because they are fearful of being bullied. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the third most common location nationwide for a hate crime to occur is on a school or college campus—the FBI's Hate Crime Statistics, 2009 report states that 11.4 percent of hate crimes occur at schools or colleges, and 18.5 percent of those bullied were targeted because of their perceived sexual orientation. Additionally, in a survey commissioned by the Kaiser Family Foundation, more eight- to fifteen-year-olds picked teasing and bullying as "big problems" than those who picked drugs or alcohol, racism, AIDS, or pressure to have sex, and more African Americans saw bullying as a big problem for people their age than those who identified racism as one. Bullying is now considered a serious threat to students' ability to fully enjoy the educational opportunities and benefits of their schools.
Bullying is defined as an act of repeated physical or emotional victimization of a person by another person or a group. Although it's difficult to assign a number to describe the incidence of bullying, according to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, the collected statistics prove rather frightening:
* 10 percent of children report having been the victims of severe bullying at least once during the school year;
* 75 percent report being bullied at least once during the past ten months;
* 25 to 50 percent report being bullied at some point during their school years;
* 40 to 75 percent of bullying incidents in school take place during class breaks, in the lunchroom, bathroom, or hallways;
* 30 percent of children who suffer from food allergies report being bullied at school (sometimes by verbal taunting but more often, by having the allergen thrown or waved at them);
* 30 percent of children who report having been bullied said they sometimes brought weapons to school;
* 57 percent of the time when a peer intervenes in a bullying situation, the bullying stops within ten seconds; and
* the average bullying episode lasts only thirty-seven seconds, and school personnel are reported to notice or intervene in only one in twenty-five incidents (in contrast to another report where teachers said they intervened 71 percent of the time and students reported teachers taking action only 25 percent of the time).
There are many reasons—or, perhaps, no real reason at all—why bullying occurs. According to antibullying speaker and expert Dr. Joel Haber, as much as 95 percent of all bullying is perpetrated by those looking to protect or increase their status within a group. Bullies maintain what Haber calls their "imbalance of power" by zeroing in on the things that make others different. It may be that bullied children are overweight or tall or that they wear different clothes or speak with an accent. While the list really can include almost anything, the following are some of the groups at risk for being bulled:
* children stereotyped by cultural biases, including ethnicity and religious factors;
* children labeled with a sexual identity (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth);
* children who contradict gender stereotypes;
* children with social-skills deficits or special-education labels;
* loners, those who do not have support of their peers; and
* gifted children.
According to a study published in Gifted Child Quarterly in 2006 that examined 432 eighth graders in eleven states who were identified by their schools as gifted, more than two-thirds said they had been bullied at school and nearly one-third harbored violent thoughts as a result.
Bullying comes in many forms. Typically, most people envision bullying as a physical abuse of power: kicking, pushing, shoving, hitting, spitting, taking or breaking someone's personal belongings, knocking one's books down, shoving a child into a locker, or stealing someone's lunch money or food. However, there are other forms that are just as damaging. These include verbal bullying, which is more psychological in its intent and includes hurtful teasing, taunting, verbal threats, prejudicial remarks, and making fun of one's cultural heritage, and relational bullying, which is meant to damage another person's relationships through social isolation—gossiping, rumors, talking behind someone's back, eye-rolling or silence when a target walks in the room, or behavior meant to exclude someone from a clique.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: Everything Starts with One 3
Part 1 The Film
The Making of Bully 13
Part 2 Alex 12
Alex's Story 27
Bullying and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Connie Anderson 29
The Truth About Bullying and LD Sheldon H. Horowitz 39
Part 3 Kelby 16
Kelby's Story 45
Bullying Has Legs… and Teeth Dr. Robyn Silverman 47
Free to Be… Not Anymore. Mario Thomas 61
Part 4 Ja'Meya 14
Ja'Meya's Story 69
A Little "I'm Sorry" Goes a Long Way Amy McCready 71
Girl Talk Haley Kilpatrick 89
Part 5 David and Tina Long
David and Tina Long's Story 103
Bullying's Special Problem James Wendorf 105
Teaching to End Bullying Michael Mulgrew 109
Bully-A Catalyst for Changing Our Culture Randi Weingarten 113
Part 6 Kirk and Laura Smalley
Kirk and Laura Smalley's Story 125
Bullying U.S. Congressman Mike Honda 127
Empowering Bystanders: Creating Cultures of Dignity Rosalind Wiseman 133
Part 7 The Movie That Became a Movement 139
Part 8 What We Can Do
It's 10 p.m.: Do You Know Who Is Bullying Your Child? 159
Bully-Proofing Kids Dr. Michele Borba 171
Bullying: What Is a Parent to Do? Peter Sheras, Ph.D. 191
No Kidding, I Was Bullied Too! Joe Pantoliano 203
Part 9 Where Are They Now? 213
Resources
Next Steps Dr. Edward F. Dragan 225
Social and Emotional Learning and Bullying Prevention EDC, CASEL, American Institute for Research 229
Creating Just and Caring Communities Stephanie Jones Richard Weissbourd Suzanne Bouffard Trisha Ross 253
Websites 265
References 279
About the Authors 290
About the Project 291
Index 293