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Bullying

Bullying Assessment Flow Chart

Use this guide to determine whether bullying has taken place.

Was there aggression?

Physical aggression such as hitting, shoving, or threatening injury; verbal agression such as teasing or name-calling; rumors and shunning; electronic aggression such as sending insulting message by electronic media

No

Not bullying

Yes

Was there dominance?

Were the aggressors stronger or dominant over the other? Was one side outnumbered? Was there an imbalance of power?

No

Not bullying

Yes

Was there persistence?

Was there more than one incident or did the aggressor fail to stop when asked? Has this or a similar incident happened before?

No

Not bullying

Could be bullying if the behavior continues.

Yes

Response to Bullying

Report incident to Principal, Counselor, Social Worker, Teacher, Natural Helper or anonymously at swdubois.k12.in.us

Those who witness bullying are encouraged to intervene and be more than a bystander.