D6 Bully Prevention

District 6 Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Supports

• Blending School- Wide Positive Behavior support and explicit instruction to provide every student the tools to prevent bullying. 
• Positive Behavior Support has been shown to have both short and long term beneficial effects on academic achivement, decreased discipline, aggression, crime, school attachment and drug use. 
• All students and staff are taught about how to behave in safe, respectful, and responsible ways across all school settings. 
• The emphasis is on prevention and reduction of bullying problems and behaviors. 

The Board recognizes that bullying behavior can have a negatvie effect on the school climate and can lead to more serious behaviors affecting the health, safety, and welfare of students (Bullying in Schools Board Policy JICDE). The Board supports a secure school climate, conducive to teaching and learning that is free from threat, harassment, and any type of bullying behavior. The purpose of this policy is to promote consistency of approach and to help create a climate in which all types of bullying are regarded as unacceptable. 

Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Support is a program that is used at all grade levels in all of our elementary schools. The program is a series of explicitly taught lessons that are designed to give children tools to help them reduce and prevent incidences of bullying. 

The student lessons teach a 3 step response to problem behavior:

• "Stop"
• "Walk"
• "Talk"

response to behaviors matrix