Responding to the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect
New Perspectives on Collaboration, Compassion, and Responsibility Second Edition
Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin, Maureen Taylor
Responding to the Culture of Bullying and DisrespectNew Perspectives on Collaboration, Compassion, and Responsibility Second EditionMarie-Nathalie Beaudoin, Maureen Taylor |
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'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'—Elizabeth Barrett, Civics Teacher Clark County Schools, Winchester, KY
Create a safe learning environment so students can achieve!
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 to successfully respond to bullying and other negative behaviours by creating an environment that discourages negative behaviour and encourages greater responsibility and respect.
The authors offer a comprehensive, therapeutic approach, complete with sample transcripts and activities. Instead of using punitive measures, which can model the very behaviours they are trying to eliminate, educators will discover how to establish a cooperative, caring environment and guide students in thinking about positive alternatives to misbehaviour. This new edition features:
Table of Contents: Foreword by Honey Berg Introduction Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I. Laying Foundations 1. How Problems Develop: A Frog Story and a Shift in Perspective A Limited Number of Options Useful Options Are Also Eliminated Does Everyone Have the Same Contextual Blocks? 2. Are Problems of Disrespect Inadvertently Supported? Competition Between Students Comparison Achievement at All Cost Evaluation 3. Unraveling Assumptions: Educators' Roles and Students' Behaviors The Effect of Myths and Assumptions Common School Questions: New Ways of Thinking A Kind Word Turneth Away Wrath 4. Responding Effectively to Incidents of Bullying and Disrespect A Fresh Attitude Chipping Away at the Problem With a Powerful Tool: Externalization Dealing Narratively With Disrespect and Bullying A Narrative Response Additional Options Summary of the Practice of Externalizing Common Questions About the Externalization Process 5. Being Respectful and Open to Students' Experiences Defining Experience Experience of School Overlapping Experiences of the Problem Addressing These Experiences 6. Making Changes Last for More Than a Week The Dandelion Problem Thinking Outside the Box Multiple Selves: Who Is the Real Person? Stories Creating Stories Through Language Mentally Filling the Blanks Perspectives Create Stories An Educator's Question: If Truths Don't Exist, How Do We Know Which Story to Trust? Audience: You Are Who You Are Perceived to Be The Thread of New Stories: Recapitulation Reauthoring Alex's Journey Common Teacher Questions: New Ways of Thinking Part II. Applications and Examples: Success Stories of Overcoming Bullying and Disrespect 7. Listening to Students' Voices Disrespect/Bullying Survey Interviews: Walking in Students' Shoes 8. Cultivating Respect, Appreciation, and Tolerance in the School Connection Appreciation Collaboration Self-Reflection Community and Diversity Respect and Shedding Adultism Teacher Question About Shedding Adultism 9. Dealing With Disrespect and Bullying in the Classroom: The Bugging Bug Project A Review of the Narrative Ideas That Guide This Project Section 1: Externalizing the Problem Section 2: Building on Successes Section 3: Celebration of Knowledge and Expertise Brief Summary of Classroom Facilitation Considerations Conclusion 10. Working With Individual Students Around Bullying: Helping a Child Suffering From a Bullying Spell? A Problem-Dominated Identity Rewriting the Story in a Vacuum Rewriting the Story in the Community Conclusion 11. Brain and Behaviors: How Young People Change and How Educators Can Help Them Part III. Prevention: Creating a Partnership With Response-able Youth 12. What Constitutes a Culture of Respect and Tolerance 13. Spotlight on Stories of Successful Prevention Resource A: Glossary Resource B: Summary Table of Strategies Resource C: Summary Table of Strategies Resource D: Yes and Exercise Resource E: Problem Solving Questions References Index