STEPS TO RESPECT: A Bullying Prevention Program
is an effective tool that our 3rd. grade teachers use to decrease bullying at school and help students build more supportive relationships with each other. The program's dual focus on bullying and friendship is based on research showing that friendship protects children from the harmful effects of bullying. Students learn a variety of relationship skills, including strategies for making and keeping friends and steps for joining a group activity. The Steps to Respect program also teaches children coping skills for coping with bullying, including recognizing bullying, using assertive behaviors to respond to bullying, and reporting bullying to adults. Because many children become involved as bystanders to bullying (in both helpful and harmful ways), the Steps to Respect program emphasizes that all memebers of a school community must take responsibility for decreasing bullying.
is an effective tool that our 3rd. grade teachers use to decrease bullying at school and help students build more supportive relationships with each other. The program's dual focus on bullying and friendship is based on research showing that friendship protects children from the harmful effects of bullying. Students learn a variety of relationship skills, including strategies for making and keeping friends and steps for joining a group activity. The Steps to Respect program also teaches children coping skills for coping with bullying, including recognizing bullying, using assertive behaviors to respond to bullying, and reporting bullying to adults. Because many children become involved as bystanders to bullying (in both helpful and harmful ways), the Steps to Respect program emphasizes that all memebers of a school community must take responsibility for decreasing bullying.