BULLYING--WARNING
SIGNS,
HELP NUMBERS, & Helpful
Web Sites
Disclaimer: Online information
found here is made available so that individuals may find out whether
consultation with a counselor or doctor may be helpful. This is a help site and
is not intended to provide treatment, diagnosis, or consultation. This
information does not replace the advice of a doctor.
Identifying
Bullying*
Children, after all, learn from
what they see us do, rather than from what we say. When adults do not intervene,
bullies may feel there is nothing wrong with their actions. Targets may feel
they deserve the bullying.
Adults can intervene
effectively to reduce bullying. The first step is to identify bullying. It
includes:
--Physical bullying: hitting, kicking, pushing,
choking, and punching
--Verbal bullying: threatening, taunting,
teasing, starting rumors, hate
speech.
--Exclusion from activities: This does not mean that a
child should not
have the right to choose to play, or not to play, with another child; it
does
mean that children should not be allowed to systematically exclude
others: "No one play with Mary;" "No one wants to play with him;" "Don't
be her friend."
*”Identifying Bullying”; Stan
Davis. www.stopbullyingnow.com/identify.htm
HELP NUMBERS
--School
Related Issues—Contact Building Principal
High School
Middle School
Elementary Principal
--Non-school Related Bullying
contact the Police
Department
--Guidance Counselors—
| High School | Katie Fistler | 421-4426 (Mason City Alternative School) | |
| Dave Jacobson | 421-4432 (Mason City High School) | ||
| Dusty Rhodes | 421-4432 (Mason City High School) | ||
| Karla Wymore | 421-4432 (Mason City High School) | ||
| Middle School | Sara Bucknam | 421-4423 (Roosevelt Middle School) | |
| Gina Friederich | 421-4420 (John Adams Middle Schoo) | ||
| Elementary | Sarah Despenas | 421-4406 (Harding) or 421-4411 (Jefferson) |
|
| Kay Erland | 421-4408 (Hoover) or 421-4415 (Roosevelt) |
--Family physician or local/area clinic
--Family services, social
agencies, or clergy
--Check the phone book under
“mental health”, “health”, “social services”, “hotlines” or “physicians” for
phone numbers and addresses.
An
emergency room doctor also can provide temporary help and can tell you where and
how to get further help.
FOR
AFTER HOURS HELP CALL:
24
Hours Daily—Confidential--Free
National Suicide
Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
Teen Help Line:
1-800-443-8336
Teen Help Line is not a crisis
or “hotline”. The line provides health information & referral services for
Iowa teens.
If
you are thinking of harming yourself or know someone who is, tell someone who
can help immediately.
--Call your doctor.
--Call 911 or go to a hospital emergency room to get immediate help or ask a friend or family member to help you do these things.
--Call the toll-free, 24-hour hotline number for the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
--Make sure you or the suicidal person is not left alone.
Helpful Links for More
Information On Bullying
Scroll
down the page to find sites with more information.
Teens
Health
www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html
Mental
Health America
www.nmha.org/index.cfm?objectid=CA866DBF-1372-4D20-C817AE97DDF77E4E
Focus
Adolescent Services
Disney
Family Parenting
http://family.go.com/parenting/article-sk-19015-bullying-and-your-teenager-t/
Disney
Family Parenting:
Cyber-bullying
http://family.go.com/parenting/article-gs-266423-get-the-faqs-about-cyber-bullying-t/
National Youth Violence
Prevention Resource Center
www.safeyouth.org/scripts/topics/bullying.asp