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A school is experiencing high levels of teasing and bullying in the cafeteria. This setting is
supervised by paraprofessionals since state law permits teachers a “duty-free” lunch. Contribute
to the Discussion by responding to the guiding questions.
Discuss some ways to analyze and alter this situation, focusing on both the students and the
paraprofessionals.
The first thing that should be utilized is the Behavioral Matrix set in place by the school.
If the paraprofessionals are trained on this as well as all other staff and faculty, following the
appropriate response would be the first thing to be done.Unfortunately, more than 50% of
teachers are unaware of bullying (Shamsi et. al, 2019) which can also reflect on
paraprofessionals. Bridging the gap of this knowledge can also prepare all faculty and staff for
these situations as well.
Knowing that the peer group often significantly influences the behavior of students who tease,
bully, or harass others, what can be done to increase the probability that the peer group will
either denounce the bully and/or support or protect the “victim?”
Munnelly et. al (2018) found that there is no significant difference between students’ positive or
negative support towards bullying.While this study looked at cyberbullying, it was suggested that
the difference in attitudes may be that cyberbullying creates a distance between the bully and
the victim. With this being said, bringing the peer group closer to the victim and removing any
sort of mental distance between them may be one way to influence the peer group in a positive
way.
References
Munnelly, A., Farrell, L., O, C. M., & McHugh, L. (2018). Adolescents’ Implicit and Explicit
Attitudes Toward Cyberbullying: an Exploratory Study Using the Implicit Relational Assessment
Procedure (IRAP) and Self-Report Measures. Psychological Record, 68(1), 1–10.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-017-0261-0
Shamsi, N., Andrades, M., & Ashraf, H. (2019). Bullying in school children: How much do
teachers know? Journal of Family Medicine & Primary Care, 8(7), 2395–2400.
https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_370_19
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