Week 10 6215C Special Areas of Practice Bullying Please note that this is 2023
Week 10 6215C Special Areas of Practice: Bullying
Please note that this is an MSW course. Please check Grammar and use some of the resources I have provided
Readings
Day 1
• Webb, N. B. (2019). Social work practice with children (4th ed.). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
o Chapter 15, “The Interpersonal Violence of Bullying: Impact on Victims, Perpetrators, and Bystanders/Witnesses”
Day 2
• Garcia Biggs, M. J., Simpson, C., & Gaus, M. D. (2010). Using a team approach to address bullying of students with Asperger’s syndrome in activity-based settings. Children & Schools, 32(3), 135–142. Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
• Nordahl, J., Beran, T. N., & Dittrick, C. J. (2013). Psychological impact of cyber-bullying: Implications for school counsellors. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 47(3), 383–402. Retrieved from http://cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca/cjc/index.php/rcc/article/view/2665
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Discussion
Bullies at School please note that this is an MSW course. Please check Grammar and use some of the resources I have provided
To prepare: Imagine you are a school social worker in an elementary school, and you become aware that there are some “cliques” or “gangs” of fourth or fifth graders that routinely pick on their peers who do well in their schoolwork.
Identify the signs and characteristics you might observe that would indicate the above scenario is bullying.
Explain how you would respond. Include what steps or intervention strategies you would take.