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[quote=Anonymous]First step - fill out the bullying form pior posters have provided.  The school has to respond and the simple act of filing the form adds to a data set to evaluate incidences.  Schools take that seriously.

Second step, send a note to school counselor and principle sending them a copy of the form and asking for a meeting to discuss.  There may be some things you are not aware of and it may be that there are some social skills your child can adopt that will help.  (not blame the victim, but rather coach the victim to deal with a challenging situation).

There are also interventions that the school can think about.  The most effective intervention is actually empowering others/witnesses to help the victim.  "Something as simple as saying, hey that was mean come talk to us..."

All the data shows that bullying is done to accrue social power.  Schools can change things by finding ways to increase the social standing of kids who help the victim... It has been done and there is science to back it up.  but it does require thinking structurally and not focusing on indviduals but rather larger issues.  So, that again goes back to filling out the form and getting any other victims of bullying to do the same.   It all goes back to data that the school can't ignore.  If you never fill out the form, as far as upper management in MCPS is concerned the bullying does not exist.  good luck. [/quote]

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