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    What is Bullying?

    GAPS is guided by the following definition from StopBullying.Gov, a federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:

    Bullying stops here

    Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.

    In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:

    • An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power—such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity—to control or
      harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.
    • Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once.

    Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.

    Types of Bullying

    There are three types of bullying:

    • Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes:
      • Teasing
      • Name-calling
      • Inappropriate sexual comments
      • Taunting
      • Threatening to cause harm
    • Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes:
      • Leaving someone out on purpose
      • Telling other children not to be friends with someone
      • Spreading rumors about someone
      • Embarrassing someone in public
    • Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Physical bullying includes:
      • Hitting/kicking/pinching
      • Spitting
      • Tripping/pushing
      • Taking or breaking someone’s things
      • Making mean or rude hand gestures

    GAPS Board Policy regarding Bullying

    Step up. Stop bullying.

    What is Cyberbullying?

    Cyberbullying is the use of modern communication technologies, such as but not limited to e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, websites, social media/networks, text messaging used to intentionally embarrass, humiliate, threaten or intimidate an individual or group in an attempt to gain power and control.

    Report bullying behavior.


    Additional resources on bullying prevention.