Bully Zapper Techniques Two and Three: Report and Keep a List by Paula McCoachThe Second Basic Technique for Zapping Bullies - Report Bullying to an Adult!
After you have told bully to stop several times, you need to report bullying to an adult. Don't continue to put up with bullying hoping it will go away.
I tell students that they need to report bully at several points - if bullying continues with no improvement and if you experience bullying getting worse.
Reporting bullying to an adult is your second most important Bully Zapping Technique. If a student cannot stop bullying, they need to care about themselves enough to let an adult help them. Adults have more authority to deal with bully.
Students need to tell teachers, school counselors, administrators, assistants, etc. that other kids are bothering them!
The Third Most Basic Technique for Dealing with Bullies - Keep a List!
So bully still has not stopped! Not to worry. At this point I tell student to begin keeping a written list of what is said by bully. Verbatim! I tell them to write down every word bully is saying to them.
I provide a paper to some students with columns on it. The column headings are 'Name,' 'Date,' 'Comments.'
I tell student to give me list anytime they want. If they want to give it to me every day, I will talk to bully daily until it stops. If they want to give it to me once a week, I will talk to bully weekly - until bullying stops.