Topic > The LGBT Community and Bullying at School - 706

Many schools have zero tolerance policies against bullying, but lack the educational aspect to help prevent bullying. When I started creating my intervention for LGBT bullying in schools, I focused on an educational program that aims to educate young people about LGBT bullying. The program I created will be a program that will be nationwide and will focus on educating youth about LGBT bullying. I will be sure to clarify that although this program is designed for LGBT students, it can apply to all students who are victims of bullying. I think having a program designed around LGBT bullying is important, because this population is growing every day and there have been many issues in the news and around the world regarding the LGBT community and many schools do not have support groups in place to address it. help this community deal with the situation. The program I am implementing consists of a video that will be viewed daily by students, faculty and staff. This video will start with a clear definition of bullying and distinguish that there are many different types of bullying, but the two most prevalent in schools today are verbal and physical. After providing an in-depth definition of bullying, the video will provide statistics so students, faculty and staff understand how big the problem of LGBT bullying has become. Next, the video will provide real-life stories about students who are bullied because of their sexual orientation and the fatal outcomes that can result from bullying, including suicide. I think having real-life accounts of students who are really puts things into perspective because they are able to see how their actions can cause pain not only to the student but to their families and community. The final section of the video will include ways to intervene if you see so... middle of the paper... um, you may want to make time that doesn't interfere with student learning to watch the video and fill out the daily questionnaire. Many schools work on a very rigid schedule and watching the video would take time away from the teacher teaching their students. The third and final obstacle I see is finding time for faculty and staff to attend weekly seminars that aim to help faculty and staff recognize warning signs and go over what steps to take if they encounter a student who is being bullied. You as a school are left with the dilemma of paying staff overtime to run these weekly meetings or taking time away from the schedule they may have to create some time at the end of the week. These three obstacles are ones that I think can be defiantly circumvented, but it would involve planning on the part of the school district, principal, faculty, and staff.