https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl en-us 2021-10-06 23:52:46 UTC 2021-10-07 12:01:06 UTC hello@padlet.com blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798039053 The perspective will come from a future school counselor. The importance of this topic is to understand the need to regulate cellphone usage by students during school hours due to the rise of cyberbullying within school populations. The stakeholders that this legal guide most benefits is the school district, administration, faculty and staff, but most importantly, the students. ]]> 2021-10-06 23:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798039053 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798727662 Statutory Law: The power of technology like cell phones inside the classroom and outside that helps orchestrate bullying and harassment.

David's Law, S.B. 179, 114th (Texas 2015)]]> 2021-10-07 05:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798727662 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798731878 Statutory Law: Cyberbullying can often times lead to harassment. 

Tex. Penal Code § 9.42 (2007).]]> 2021-10-07 05:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798731878 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798734336 Bullying is a threat to a student's learning and health, so if must be taken seriously.]]> 2021-10-07 05:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798734336 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798738011 Administrative Law: Texas Education Association has set an expectation to create safe schools for students, which all must abide by.

2 TAC § 37.007]]> 2021-10-07 05:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798738011 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798741532 Lubbock ISD has put a system in place for students to report cyberbullying (or bullying in general). STOPit is the platform, as well as, reporting it to any adult within the campus.

LubbockISD. (n.d.). School Safety and Security. Retrieved from https://www.lubbockisd.org/stopit. ]]> 2021-10-07 05:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798741532 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798745393 Per ASCA, a counselor has vowed to "report to the administration all incidents of bullying, dating violence and sexual harassment as most fall under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 or other federal and state laws as being illegal and require administrator interventions. School counselors provide services to victims and perpetrator as appropriate, which may include a safety plan and reasonable accommodations such as schedule change, but school counselors defer to administration for all discipline issues for this or any other federal, state or school board violation." We have to remember that we are an advocate for our students. By law, we must we protect and serve our students to the best of our ability.

American School Counselor Association. (2016). ASCA ethical standards for school counselors. https://www.schoolcounselor.org/getmedia/f041cbd0-7004-47a5-ba01-3a5d657c6743/Ethical-Standards.pdf]]> 2021-10-07 05:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798745393 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798750808 In a 2017 study about bullying, 20 percent of students aged 12-18 said they were bullied at school. Thirty-four percent of youth report being cyberbullied in their lifetime. Bullying is associated with negative outcomes for those who are bullied, including substance use, suicide, and impacts on physical and mental health.

SchoolSafety.gov. (n.d.). Bullying and Cyberbullying. Retrieved from https://www.schoolsafety.gov/prevent/bullying-and-cyberbullying. ]]> 2021-10-07 05:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798750808 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798752630 This affects counselors and the school in general because students are turning to other measures to cope with the bullying, which in return creates an atmosphere of lack of safety and it's original purpose of providing a place for the student to grow and be successful in every aspect of their life. It is the duty of all adults within a school system to create a positive learning environment, and so educating ourselves on ways to identify bullying, address it, and resolve it is imperative for all parties involved. We must be an advocate for our students.]]> 2021-10-07 05:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798752630 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798756642 CDC provides data, as well as, useful strategies and tools to help those that are being bullied. Also, readers can learn how bullying can affect a person to the point of violent outcomes stemming from the mistreatment.

Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. (2021, September 2). Preventing Bullying. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/bullyingresearch/fastfact.html. ]]> 2021-10-07 05:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798756642 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798761736 2021-10-07 05:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798761736 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798768874 2021-10-07 05:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798768874 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798777043 Some might argue that there a great reasons why cell phones are needed within the classroom. Yes, we do live in a world of digital resources, which is why Chromebooks, iPads and/or laptops will suffice to attain those same digital resources.

Mauer, E. D. (2019, October 18). Cell phones in school: Let's talk about the pros and cons. Retrieved from https://www.care.com/c/should-cellphones-be-allowed-in-school. ]]> 2021-10-07 05:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798777043 blawrence51 https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798777519 - Counselors, be prepared with a plan to address bullying, and how students can alert an adult whether it is themselves or someone being bullied. Students struggle telling an adult because they feel the bullying will get worse if they are seen as a "snitch."

- Being proactive can help tremendously. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies with all students on how to express their feelings, struggles, and reflection times can allow growth within the bullied and the bully. More often than not, the bully was once bullied, and wants to trade roles to avoid that pain.

- Social media can have a positive and negative impact on our youth. I personally have seen how orchestrated fear within a large portion of the eighth graders of my campus. Cyberbullying can not be tolerated, so documentation needs to noted and parents be addressed immediately. Most parents do not recognize when their child is being bullying because their child does not to tell on the person, so the damage goes unnoticed.

- Address all cyberbulling and be prepared for a restorative chat, so that minor issues can hopefully not fester into a larger issue. 

- Be transparent with those that bully. Sometimes seeing how their actions can affect a person can make an impact, short-term and long-term abuse.

- Once bullying is address, set goals with the students. Set two minor and one major goal. What is something they want to strive to do better for themselves and learn from the situation. Sometimes ignorance can be the case. One cannot do better, if they don't know better.]]> 2021-10-07 05:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/blawrence51/t5wlkejetk6pumwl/wish/1798777519