Responding to the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect: New Perspectives on Collaboration, Compassion, and Responsibility
This updated edition of Breaking the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect offers a comprehensive approach to discouraging misbehavior by establishing an environment of responsibility and respect.
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Bullying is an ongoing concern for students, with as many as half reporting that they have faced aggression or harassment at some point. This updated edition of Breaking the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect provides the tools for successfully responding to bullying and other negative behaviors by creating an environment that discourages negative behavior and encourages greater responsibility and respect. VOYA The culture of bullying goes hand-in-hand with playing dodge ball on school playgrounds. The question is: why has it become a normal part of growing up? This profound resource explores the behaviors that cultivate a culture of bullying and disrespect. The authors find these behaviors in the subtlest of places. They shed light on the competitiveness bred in classrooms and the way that various types of punishment elicit responses in children. Teachers and adults are challenged to put down their perceptions and tap into what is really happening with the youth they reach. Concrete solutions to issues are offered, and the authors make sure to load this title with practical suggestions for affecting change. They delve into ways to work directly with young people to better address their concerns. There is even a chapter dedicated to success stories that help adults and educators see disrespect and bullying from a host of angles. This purchase is essential for any educator, counselor, or parent. It should be a staple of the school library reference collection because the information provided should be used daily. It will be a title that can be referenced for years to come and will help with adults struggling to overcome bullying. Reviewer: Robbie L. Flowers
Foreword Honey Berg ixAcknowledgments xiAbout the Authors xivIntroduction 1Part I Laying Foundations1 How Problems Develop: A Frog Story and a Shift in Perspective 8Lessons From This Story 9Useful Options Are Also Eliminated 11Does Everyone Have the Same Contextual Blocks? 122 Are Problems of Disrespect Inadvertently Supported? 17Competition 18Comparison 20Rules 21Achievement at All Cost 23Evaluation 263 Unraveling Assumptions: Educators' Roles and Students' Behaviors 30The Effects of Myths and Assumptions 30Common School Questions: New Ways of Thinking 434 Responding Effectively to Problems 50A Fresh Attitude 50Chipping Away at the Problem With a Powerful Tool: Externalization 53Dealing Narratively With Disrespect and Bullying 60A Narrative Response 61Additional Options 64Summary of the Practice of Externalizing 65Common Questions About the Externalization Process 655 Being Respectful and Open to Students' Experiences 69Defining Experience 70Experience of School 71Overlapping Experiences of the Problem 76Addressing These Experience 776 Making Changes Last for More Than a Week 83The Dandelion Problem 83Thinking Outside the Box 84Multiple Selves: Who Is The Real Person? 85Stories 87Creating Stories Through Language 88Mentally Filling the Blanks 89Perspectives Create Stories 91An Educator's Question: If Truths Don't Exist, How Do We Know Which Story to Trust? 93Audience: You Are Who You Are Perceived to Be 98The Thread of New Stories: Recapitulation 99Reauthoring Alex's Journey 100Common Teacher Questions: New Ways of Thinking101Part II Applications And Examples: Success Stories Of Overcoming Bullying And Disrespect7 Listening to Students' Voices 106Disrespect/Bullying Survey 106Interviews: Walking In Students' Shoes 1098 Cultivating Respect, Appreciation, and Tolerance in the School 116Connection 117Appreciation 122Collaboration 126Self-Reflection 130Community and Diversity 131Respect and Shedding Adultism 135Teacher Question About Shedding Adultism 1449 Dealing With Disrespect and Bullying in the Classroom: The Bugging Bug Project 145A Review of the Narrative Ideas That Guide This Project 146Section 1 Externalizing the Problem 147Section 2 Building on Successes 157Section 3 Celebration of Knowledge and Expertise 172Brief Summary of Classroom Facilitation Considerations 181Conclusion 18310 Working With Individual Students Around Bullying: Helping a Child Suffering From a "Bullying Spell" 185A Problem-Dominated Identity 185Rewriting the Story in a Vacuum 186Rewriting the Story in the Community 188A Past to the Preferred Story at School 197A Past to the Preferred Stories at Home 197Extending the Audience to the Preferred Story 198Conclusion 20011 Brain and Behaviors: How Young People Change and How Educators Can Help 201The Visible Story 201The Invisible Story 202The Contextual Story 203The Historical Story 203Dead-End or Future Possibilities? 204The Possible Future 205Conclusion 210Part III Prevention: Scaffolding A Complex And Sound Culture Of Respect12 Creating a Partnership With Response-Able Youth 212Bubble Trouble 214Lessons From This Story: The Beliefs 216The People 218The Relationship 221Teacher Questions 22813 Spotlight on Stories of Successful Prevention 230Story 1 "You're Ugly" 230Story 2 The Clipboard 231Story 3 Sign Language 232Story 4 The Violent Drawing 233Story 5 Girls' Meanness 234Story 6 The Brand New Atlas 234Spotlight on a School With a Successful Prevention Model 235Conclusion 253Resource A Glossary 254Resource B Summary Table of Strategies 257Resource C Discourses 260Resource D "Yes and" Exercise 271Resource E Educators' Problem-Solving Questions 273References 274Index 277
\ Virginia Miller“The authors present respectful ways for dealing with bullying and disrespect, something that most educators, therapists, and parents will welcome.”\ \ \ \ \ Elizabeth Barrett“The book gives excellent ways to empower children, help them solve their own issues, and give them real strategies that will help them deal with difficult situations in the future.”\ \ \ Melissa Amison"Provides educators with positive and realistic approaches to help alleviate bullying and disrespect in schools."\ \ \ \ \ Kathryn Lohmeyer"This book is a well-organized, easy-to-understand resource to help teachers make appropriate accommodations for children displaying a variety of difficult behaviors."\ \ \ \ \ VOYA\ - Robbie L. Flowers\ The culture of bullying goes hand-in-hand with playing dodge ball on school playgrounds. The question is: why has it become a normal part of growing up? This profound resource explores the behaviors that cultivate a culture of bullying and disrespect. The authors find these behaviors in the subtlest of places. They shed light on the competitiveness bred in classrooms and the way that various types of punishment elicit responses in children. Teachers and adults are challenged to put down their perceptions and tap into what is really happening with the youth they reach. Concrete solutions to issues are offered, and the authors make sure to load this title with practical suggestions for affecting change. They delve into ways to work directly with young people to better address their concerns. There is even a chapter dedicated to success stories that help adults and educators see disrespect and bullying from a host of angles. This purchase is essential for any educator, counselor, or parent. It should be a staple of the school library reference collection because the information provided should be used daily. It will be a title that can be referenced for years to come and will help with adults struggling to overcome bullying. Reviewer: Robbie L. Flowers\ \
