Happy March! As we head into Women’s History Month, I am highlighting a resource that addresses the most common form of female-to-female bullying—relational aggression. I am also highlighting a webinar that I encourage you to attend on integrating social-emotional learning in a schoolwide bullying prevention approach. The last resource is from the OHR Bullying Prevention site and includes relevant prevention and intervention resources and information for both educators and parents.
Relational Aggression. Relational aggression includes non physical behaviors (such as social exclusion and rumor spreading) that are intended to cause harm and are often hard to detect. This resource provides background information on relational bullying, along with additional information on steps to combat it.
Bullying Prevention and Social-Emotional Learning: What Is One Without the Other? Presenters from the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program will share research and strategies on the integration of social-emotional learning and bullying prevention, both at the classroom level and schoolwide, to promote safe and supportive learning environments that contribute to student well-being.
Responding to Reports of Bullying. Bullying is an adverse childhood experience (ACE) and children who experience it need additional support to mitigate long-term negative effects of the trauma. This tipsheet provides guidance for schools and educators to respond to bullying using the principles established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The goal is to address harm that students have experienced and prevent future incidents.
Mary Wallace | Human Rights Officer
Pronouns – she, her
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Register for upcoming OHR workshops and events at ohr.dc.gov/events.
Remember that the Youth Bullying Prevention Act of 2012 requires all schools in the District of Columbia to provide information on all reported and confirmed bullying incidents. We will request these data at the end of the 2020/2021 school year. To assist in this process, we have provided a spreadsheet tool (.xlsx) to help you compile the data requested. We will be providing further guidance on submitting your data to OHR later this spring.
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