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Show 10 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, August 13, 1987 Schoolyard Bullies Present Problems For Educators Continued from previous page, bathrooms or other places on the school grounds are considered unsafe turf. More serious are those students who drop out of school because they fear for their safety. Other students no longer capable of dealing emotionally with being bullied run away or even commit suicide Although extreme, recent newspaper stories from aiound the country and Japan document this sad commentary. Schoolyard bullies are more likely to grow up and have problems with the law as well as suffer professionally and socially. These research findings demonstrate that kids learn a certain way of behavsaid ing and solving problems, Leonard Eron. Ph.D., a research professoi at the University of Illinois-ChicagIt sticks with them. They dont lose that kind of aggressive behavior as they become aduits. Eron and other practicum participants believe that early prevention or intervention can not only stop schoolyard bullying, but save society and the bully from years of potentially tragic problems. The prevailing attitude that fighting is just kids being kids or that it is some sort of youthful rite of passage must be discarded. Just as adults would not accept abuse either physically or verbally, neither should schoolyard bully-victiproblems be treated lightly. m There appears to be a pervasive ethic of aggressive behavior that seriously detracts from the school curriculum, said Nathanial Floyd, Ph.D., a practicing psychologist and counselor for the Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Southern Westchester County. New York. In Scandinavia and Japan, bullyor ing, referred to as mobbing Ijime, respectively, has caught the attention and resources of their national governments. Intervention and prevention strategies, supported by national public information campaigns, have been successful in reducing bullying incidents in these countries and can work in the United States as well. Practicum participants identified a wide range of strategies to help educators and others control or prevent bullying. First, assess the scope of the problem through a questionnaire answered by teachers and students; communicate clear and consistently enforced behavior standards; closely monitor playground activity and be visible on campus; and watch for symptoms of bullying victims such as withdrawal, decline in study habits or grades, anxiety, and cuts, bruises or torn clothing. The key, though, is for everyone law enforcers, parents and students - to better understand schoolyard bully-victiproblems and work together to prevent this emotional and physical suffering among our youth. 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