Bullies at School

Week 10 6215C Special Areas of Practice: Bullying

Please note that this is an MSW course. Please check Grammar and use some of the resources I have provided

Readings

Day 1

• Webb, N. B. (2019). Social work practice with children (4th ed.). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

o Chapter 15, “The Interpersonal Violence of Bullying: Impact on Victims, Perpetrators, and Bystanders/Witnesses”

Day 2

• Garcia Biggs, M. J., Simpson, C., & Gaus, M. D. (2010). Using a team approach to address bullying of students with Asperger’s syndrome in activity-based settings. Children & Schools, 32(3), 135–142. Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

• Nordahl, J., Beran, T. N., & Dittrick, C. J. (2013). Psychological impact of cyber-bullying: Implications for school counsellors. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 47(3), 383–402. Retrieved from http://cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca/cjc/index.php/rcc/article/view/2665

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Discussion 

Bullies at School please note that this is an MSW course. Please check Grammar and use some of the resources I have provided

To prepare: Imagine you are a school social worker in an elementary school, and you become aware that there are some “cliques” or “gangs” of fourth or fifth graders that routinely pick on their peers who do well in their schoolwork.

Identify the signs and characteristics you might observe that would indicate the above scenario is bullying.

Explain how you would respond. Include what steps or intervention strategies you would take.

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