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TEACHER GUIDE DOCUMENT 23
Tips for Parents:
What to Do If Your Child Is Being Bullied
If your child is being bullied at school, this can be a very painful experience
for your child and your family. We are doing all we can at school to put a stop
to bullying. Here are some additional things you can do to support your child if
he or she is being bullied:
• Never tell your child to ignore the bullying.
• Don’t blame your child for the bullying. Don’t assume your child
did something to provoke the bullying.
• Allow your child to talk about his or her bullying experiences. Write
down what is shared.
• Empathize with your child. Tell him or her that bullying is wrong,
that it is not his or her fault, and that you are glad he or she
had
the courage to tell you about it.
• If you disagree with how your child handled the bullying situation,
don’t criticize him or her. It is often very difficult for children to
know how best to respond.
• Do not encourage physical retaliation.
• Check your emotions. A parent’s protective instincts stir strong
emotions. Although it is difficult, step back and consider the next
steps carefully.
• Contact a teacher, school counselor, or principal at your school
immediately and share your concerns about the bullying that your
child has experienced.
• Work closely with school personnel to help solve the problem.
• Encourage your child to develop interests and hobbies that will
help build resiliency in difficult situations like bullying.
• Encourage your child to make contact with friendly students in his
or her class, or help your child meet new friends outside of
school.
• Teach your child safety strategies, such as how to seek help from
an adult.
• Make sure your child has a safe and loving home environment.
• If you or your child need additional help, seek help from a school
counselor and/or mental health professional.
This list has been adapted from a publication
originally created for “Take a Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now!” a
campaign of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
www.StopBullyingNow.hrsa.gov
© 2007 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Duplicating this material
for personal or group use is permissible.
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TEACHER GUIDE DOCUMENT 25
Tips for Parents:
What to Do If Your Child Bullies Others
If your child bullies other children at school, it will need to be stopped. We
are doing a number of things at school to prevent bullying and to stop bullying
once it occurs. Here are some things you can do at home to help. Thank you for
your help in making our
school a safe and positive place to learn.
• Make it clear to your child that you take bullying seriously and that
it is not okay.
• Make rules within your family for your child’s behavior. Praise
your child for following the rules and use nonphysical and logical
consequences when rules are broken. A logical consequence for
bullying could be losing rights to use the phone to call friends,
using email to talk with friends, or other activities your child
enjoys.
• Spend lots of time with your child and keep close track of his or
her activities. Find out who your child’s friends are and how and
where they spend their free time.
• Build on your child’s talents by encouraging him or her to get
involved in positive activities (such as clubs, music lessons, or
nonviolent sports).
• Share your concerns with your child’s teacher, counselor, and/or
principal. Work together to send a clear message to your child that
his or her bullying must stop.
• If you and your child need more help, talk with a school counselor
and/or mental health professional.
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This list has been adapted from a publication originally created for “Take a
Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now!” a campaign of the Health Resources and
Services Administration, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
www.StopBullyingNow.hrsa.gov
© 2007 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Duplicating this material
for personal or group use is permissible.
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TEACHER GUIDE DOCUMENT 26
Tips for Parents:
What to Do If Your Child Witnesses Bullying
Many children are observers or “bystanders” in cases of bullying at school. It
is important that even students who are bystanders in a bullying situation take
action to get help, so the bullying stops. We are taking steps to teach this
important information to students at school. Here are some things you can do to
support these efforts at home.
If your child talks to you about the bullying that he or she witnesses at
school, you are encouraged to do the following:
• Teach your child how to get help without getting hurt.
• Encourage your child to verbally intervene if it is safe to do so, by
saying such things as: “Cool it! This isn’t going to solve
anything.”
• Tell your child not to cheer on or even quietly watch bullying. This
only encourages a child who bullies—who wants to be the center
of attention.
• Encourage your child to tell a trusted adult about the bullying.
Talking to an adult is not “tattling”—it is an act of courage and
safety. Suggest going to an adult with a friend, if that will make
it
easier.
• Help your child support others who tend to be bullied.
• Teach your child to include these children in activities.
• Praise and reward “quiet acts of courage”—where your child tried
to do the right thing to stop bullying, even if he or she was not
successful.
• Work with your child to practice specific ways he or she can help
stop bullying. For example, role-play with him or her what he or
she could say or do to help someone
who is being bullied.
...
This list has been adapted from a publication originally created for “Take a
Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now!” a campaign of the Health Resources and
Services Administration, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
www.StopBullyingNow.hrsa.gov
© 2007 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Duplicating this material
for personal or group use is permissible.
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GEORGETOWN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Services for
Gifted and Talented Students
Grades 6-12
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NOTIFICATION OF GIFTED/TALENTED CHILD FIND CAMPAIGN
Parents/Guardian and Teachers:
Gifted and Talented students
are those who demonstrate academic and intellectual abilities and thinking
processes that are significantly advanced for their ages. They exhibit learning
characteristics that indicate a need for differentiated educational services
that are more advanced than the regular instructional program. Such
characteristics may include:
 | Read widely, quickly
and have large vocabularies; |
| Have well-developed
understanding of abstractions, concepts and the “big idea”; |
| Take pleasure in
intellectual activity or problem solving; |
| Readily see
cause-effect relationships; can make connections between concepts; |
| Seek information for
its own sake as much as for its usefulness; |
| Quickly spot the
inconsistencies; |
| Have a large storehouse
of information about a variety of topics that they can recall quickly; |
| Quickly see
similarities, differences; can attack complicated material by separating it
into components and analyzing it systematically; |
| Are self-directed
learners. |
If you have a child or student who has these
characteristics, you may want to refer him/her for evaluation for Services
for Gifted and Talented Students.
The major GISD
Gifted/Talented Child Find Campaign in grades 6-12 will be from
January 11, 2010 through
January 28, 2010. During this time counselors will receive referrals for student
evaluation for Services for Gifted/Talented Students. Please have
all referral information to your campus counselor by 1/28/2010. Referrals may
come from parents, student self-referral, teachers, and other adults
knowledgeable of student’s ability. Referral packets may be obtained from the
counselor’s office. Upon receipt of the completed packet and the parent
permission to evaluate, the evaluation process will begin.
Results of evaluation of
referred students in grades 6-12 will be reviewed by the Gifted/Talented Student
Review Committee in May. If the student is identified as gifted, a parent
permission for placement will be completed and initial services will begin at
the start of the following school year.
Shannon Reagan (All 6th
Grade/7th Grade A-L) 943-5090 X6927 1/11/2010
Susan Holmstrom (7th Grade M-Z/All
8th Grade) 943-5090 X6913
1/11/2010
Counselor
Telephone Date
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NOTES FROM COUNSELORS
Parents: Please read the great newsletter Mr.
Michalik is sending home monthly "Middle Years"
Working together for school success. Septembers Newsletter stressed
attendance.
*Attendance Counts
Being a student is a full-time job. Your middle grader can stay on top of
her studies by attending all her
classes every day. Spell out acceptable reasons for missing school
(illness, family emergency), and
emphasize that being tired or forgetting to do homework are not excuses to stay
home.
ParentCONNECT
Dear Parents,
GISD is offering an opportunity to assist you with the
ParentCONNECT program. This is the online application that allows you to access
your child's grades and attendance.
If you have not been able to sign up for a ParentCONNECT account
during the day, GISD staff will be available at the GISD Central Office to issue
new accounts on the evening of Tuesday, September 30 th.
In addition, a short tutorial on using ParentCONNECT will be repeating every 15
minutes in the GISD Board Room.
To speed up the account process, please take a few minutes and
pre-register online for ParentCONNECT:
https://parents.georgetownisd.org/PreReg.asp?RegState=1
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| School based groups |
Groups are available to any student having difficulties with problems such
as family issues, grief, social skills, and self esteem issues. Parents
may contact their child's school counselor to request placement in the most
appropriate group. Intervention Service Unlimited provides counseling
individual or group by contract with the GISD, Marc Lionetti is our ISU Counselor. School counselors
also meet with groups of students to help them with special needs such as
anxiety or school adjustment. Effort is made by all group leaders to vary
the classes missed each week.
| SAIL |
Student Assessment and Intervention Liaison Team on campus includes the
counselors and instructors from each grade level. After intensive training
this group addresses the needs of students who have been referred to the team
for problems including learning, reading, discipline, behavior, abuse, drugs or
alcohol, and special needs. Referrals may be made to special education,
504, reading class, counseling groups, and outside sources in the community.
Benold's SAIL Coordinator is Michele Heckroth 943-5090 X6915
| Gifted & Talented |
Students are screened by the counselors in the fall and the spring based on
test scores, teacher and parent nomination and transfers. If you would
like to nominate your child please call or write a note to your child's
counselor, by February, 2009. Classes are geared to meet the special needs of those students
who demonstrate giftedness on a state approved matrix of six different
areas. Counselors will be glad to answer any questions about your child's
needs for this program.
| Special Education |
Students needing individualized instruction may be referred for testing to
see if they qualify for special education which includes support for learning
disabled, emotionally disabled, and other health impaired problems.
Parents may contact the school counselor to begin this process. Some
students may be referred from the SAIL committee to address their
problems.
| 504 |
Students who may need extra help in the regular classroom may be referred to
504 through their school counselor. Unlike special education this is not a
program but rather a list of modifications based on a students disabilities
which teachers follow. It does not guarantee success but assures
consideration of the disability in the school setting. If you believe your
child has a disability which affects his or her learning contact your child's
counselor or team leader.
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