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One of greatest and fastest growing threats to our youth today is cyberbullying. With the explosion of technology and social networking sites on the Internet, bullying has moved from physical confrontation in the schoolyard to a more psychologically damaging experience. Cyberbullying is having a profound impact on students across the globe and educators are scrambling on know how to deal with it.

Threatening text messages, unauthorized dissemination of private videos, and Facebook and Formspring postings on social networking sites are just a few of the many ways students are using cell phones and computers to ridicule, humiliate, harass and intimidate one another.

Written by respected authorities and authors of Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying, and Co-Directors of the Cyberbullying Research Center, this guide helps educators on the front lines be better equipped to implement strategies that prevent cyberbullying and, if/when it occurs, respond effectively.

Learn about:

the need to specifically address cyberbullying in school policies/procedures

the collection of data on cyberbullying through student surveys

ways to integrate education on cyberbullying into the classroom

ways to empower bystanders and targets of cyberbullying

the use of peer mentoring

developing creative responses to cyberbullying incidents

working with law enforcement, cell providers and social networking sites

and much, much more!

All staff members need to better understand how cyberbullying can negatively impact their classroom and school climate and work together to eliminate it in all its forms.

This is a tri-fold laminated guide.

Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2011). Cyberbullying: Identification, Prevention, and Response. Port Chester, NY: National Professional Resources, Inc.

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One of greatest and fastest growing threats to our youth today is cyberbullying. With the explosion of technology and social networking sites on the Internet, bullying has moved from physical confrontation in the schoolyard to a more psychologically damaging experience.

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Find warning sings here

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Discusses warning signs - look for these red flags that may show that someone is being cyberbullied, or cyberbullying someone else.

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Read to find the importance of being an upstander

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Bystanders are kids and teens who witness bullying and cyberbullying in action, who stand by and watch, who videotape it and make it viral ... and WHO DO AND SAY NOTHING.

Very often bystanders don't know what to do. They're afraid of retaliation or fear that their own group will exclude them for helping an outsider.

When you're a bystander it's important to know that It isn't!

And that's not a message you want to send, nor is it a message you would want someone to send if you were a victim. by doing nothing you are sending a message to the bully that their behavior is acceptable.

Yes, it is scary to directly confront a bully and sometimes it can mean taking a big risk.

Whether you know the victim or not, there are things that you as a bystander can safely do to support the victim:

Don't laugh

Don't encourage the bully in any way

Don't participate

Stay at a safe distance and help the target get away

Don't become an "audience" for the bully

Reach out in friendship

Help the victim in any way you can

Support the victim in private

If you notice someone being isolated from others, invite them to join you

Include the victim in some of your activities

There is strength in numbers. Every school and every community has more caring kids than bullies.

If you are NOT part of the solution, you ARE part of the problem!

Unite, be empowered and speak out against bullying and cyberbullying!

Be an ally online as well as in person!

Together, you can STOMP O ut Bullying - but only if you do something!

When you see someone being bullied and/or cyberbullied and you help them ... you stop being a bystander and become an upstander!

STAND UP for others! Be a Hero! Be a leader and STOMP O ut Bullying!

It's up to you ... It's up to all of us! You can change anything you want -- Why not STAND UP and change the way bullies treat their targets! Be kind and be an UPSTANDER! You change the way your peers are treated.

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Very often bystanders don't know what to do. They're afraid of retaliation or fear that their own group will exclude them for helping an outsider. When you're a bystander it's important to know that It isn't! And that's not a message you want to send, nor is it a message you would want someone to send if you were a victim.

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This video shows the importance of being an upstander online.

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Digital upstander and saying NO to cyberbullying

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This movie is about cyberbullying and being an upstander if you know someone who is getting cyberbullied.-- Created using PowToon -- Free sign up at http://www.powtoon.com/join -- Create animated videos and animated presentations for free.

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Quick and helpful tips!

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The information provided on this site is adapted from NSCC's Breaking the Bully-Victim-Bystander Cycle Toolkit. NSCC is grateful to the following organizations for their invaluable support in developing these resources: the Durst Foundation, the Florence V. Burden Foundation, Ohio Department of Education and the National School Climate Center's Trustees

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How can you be an upstander in any of these situations?

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Helpful tips!

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How can you be an Upstander online/offline? #BeStrong

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How can you be an up stander?