Our mission is to help make schools safer and more inclusive. During Bullying Prevention Month, we're sharing some intervention strategies that your teachers can use in their classrooms today to help prevent bullying, especially for students with special needs.
The National Education Association estimates that every day 160,000 students miss school because of fear of attack or intimidation. In a national survey, one in three teens reported being bullied, and one in ten reported being bullied daily or several times a week. Bullying is an even greater problem for students with disabilities. Nearly a dozen studies have concluded that children with disabilities are two to three times more likely to be bullying targets than their nondisabled peers.
Students with special needs are at a greater risk of being a bully’s target for a variety of reasons:
All students should be safe at school, and everyone involved in the education process must ensure that schools are safe places for learning and achievement.
These evidence-based classroom level strategies can help better ensure all students’ safety, including students with special needs.
Download the latest Tip Sheet for more details on these strategies and to share this helpful resource with your educators.
These tips come from our Bullying and Students with Special Needs course, written by nationally recognized bullying and suicide prevention expert, Dr. Scott Poland.