Getting Beyond Bullying and Exclusion, PreK-5 by Ronald Mah

Author:Ronald Mah
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2013-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Highlights

When teachers and other adults focus solely on solving a problematic behavior, they risk missing that a cry of discomfort also is a cry of need.

Victim personalities appear to be highly incompetent, but actually are extremely competent at being victims. Being a victim becomes an effective, though dysfunctional, way to gain power and control.

Teachers and parents require confidence, clarity, and skills to challenge children’s victim tendencies. This is particularly challenging as adults must balance empowerment with sensitivity for children’s vulnerabilities.

The victim personality is developed by protective actions that inadvertently prevent children from developing skills, such as assertiveness, negotiation, and compromise, that are necessary to handle confrontations with others, especially with bullies.

Adults must manage their own anxiety about failing victimized children to best differentially serve them with encouragement, training, and empowerment, or with protection when necessary.

Generic interventions not attuned to specific children’s challenges can make things worse.

Verbal fluency also becomes a means to avoid victimization. Verbal fluency is a key to gaining social fluency.

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