A longstanding challenge for school communities across the country and spanning decades of American public education, bullying behavior is harmful to victims, offenders, and school communities nationwide, as well as linked to long-term mental health impacts and violent behaviors. Participants will explore the myriad issues and presentations of bullying in this module, exploring their impact upon students’ learning and sense of safety in school today. Examining multi-tiered solutions, interventions, strategies, and supports, participants will learn to identify and combat these challenges through universal, targeted, and intensive interventions and resources.
Outcome: Apply a multi-tiered systems approach to preventing, addressing, and supporting students affected by bullying and bullying behaviors.
Objectives: • Recognize and identify bullying behaviors within the school community. • Recognize students experiencing bullying. • Identify examples of tiered supports for students experiencing bullying. • Identify examples of tiered supports for students exhibiting bullying behaviors.
