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Positive Behavior Support: Bully Prevention In Elementary Schools

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Ross, S. and Horner, R. (2013). Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Support. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 22(4), 225-236 doi:10.1177/1063426613491429
In their examination of past efforts implemented by elementary schools to prevent bullying, Ross and Horner (2013) concluded they were not effective. They created a pilot study fostering the strategy Positive Behavior Support with third, fourth, and fifth graders. (BP-PBIS) Which was a three-step process beginning with a problem-solving team, which collected data for best practices for the students. After creating the problem-solving team, the staff defines and instructs the student body on positive behavior expectations instead of rules. Lastly, the school’s plan for reinforcement …show more content…

By creating a culture of respect and character education, students are informed of what is inappropriate behavior. This method embodies a strategy mentioned by John C. Maxwell in his book, The Power of Influence, (2000) which is “The behavior that is rewarded is the behavior that is repeated.” While there were limitations to the research, overall teachers and staff stated the intervention made significant improvements on perceptions of problematic behavior. “The ease of implementation was worth the effort”, stated by …show more content…

The author examines peer group bullying intervention, by highlighting that defending amongst peers works. When bullying occurs in a group of students, the "Defenders" are encouraged to stand up to the bully and dismiss the behavior. While there are many barriers to defending victims, peer to peer defense was proven to work. Parents was the second group that was considered, when discussing bully prevention. In a study created, parents were provided skills to assist their child in improving peer relationships in elementary school; victimization decreased. The third group is schools. Schools are encouraged to employ the theory of Olewus (2013) Bullying Prevention Program, which speaks to bullying from a social contextual view. Creating the culture of Positive Behavior and no tolerance for disrespect. Schools are also encouraged in this article to pursue training in the community that offers parenting skills and other tools to provide guidance. While media was one area of bullying making mention of cyber bullying, Amy Bellmore (2013) stresses the importance on our vigilance of being gate keepers of social media. Amy Bellmore (2016) summarizes that all forms of bullying are harmful to students there are many channels of intervention and prevention, however to fully eradicate bullying will take many acts on many

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