Course Summary
Bullying in children and adolescents is a continuing problem and is overlooked as a serious life-long threat to an individual. A written anti-bullying policy distributed to those in the school community can develop awareness that bullying incidents will be taken seriously by the school and community. An anti-bullying policy establishes school interventions aimed at policy enforcement of bullying prevention, education and awareness campaigns, and includes student counseling when bullying occurs. Intervention strategies to best address bullying in schools vary depending on regional settings. The history of bully behavior and the known social beliefs underlying its prevalence, and the way social groups, community organizations, and schools address the pattern of bullying and victim response are discussed.
Course Format
Homestudy
Course Syllabus
- Introduction
- Bullying and its Impact and Prevalence
- Defining Bullying
- Prevalence of Bullying
- Individual Roles in Bullying
- Consequences of Bullying
- School Anti-bullying Policies and Programs
- Developing Anti-bullying Policies
- Three-tiered Model of Bullying Prevention
- Responding to Bullying
- Role of the School Nurse
- Responsibilities
- Use of Aggression Scales
- Crisis Intervention Team
- Identifying and Assessing Bullying Behavior
- School Surveys
- School Bullying Prevention Programs
- Immediate Response Plan
- School-wide Approach
- Case Study: Collaborative Intervention in the Treatment of a 7th-Grade School Bully
- Discussion
- Summary
Author
Melanie Lee, MSN, PHN
Melanie Lee has a Masters of Science in Nursing, emphasis Community Health from Case Western Reserve University with an extensive history of working with families and community support. She has worked with the life spectrum as a Certified Nurse-Midwife and Family Nurse Practitioner, Licensed School Nurse and now Community Health Nurse emphasizing psychiatric and long term disability support. Melanie spends most of her days gardening for the bees and butterflies next to her lake home with four-footed friends and family.
