[...]... October brought homecoming, and Desire´ and Cameron enjoyed the evening together They returned to Desire´’s parent’s home and sat down for a little while with Mr and Mrs Dreyer The evening was interrupted when Amber and two of her friends began shouting obscenities in the front yard Desire´ and Cameron went outside, as did the Dreyers, and the girls continued to threaten and call Desire´ names They... bystanders can be accomplished by education and skill development Victim and bystander should be educated on the nature of bullying and the bullying prevention efforts of the school Social skill development in areas such as assertiveness, Table€2.2â•… Goals at the Microlevel Empower victims and bystanders Increase effective leadership Develop competency in staff intervention Increase support and individual... knowledge of how to access the system to prevent and report bullying It is important that all the students in the school have knowledge and understanding of how to access the resources and people of the school Ultimately, increasing skills at this level will help the victim be assertive and seek help and for the bystander to act in some way to stop the bullying, by either safely intervening or reporting... risk is imminent for suicide or school violence Before anyone can determine risk, it will be important to have a thorough understanding of the nature of bullying, its impact, and the risk factors of bullying, suicide, and school violence It will also be important to understand the foundations of bullying prevention in schools For this reason, I spend some time in the opening chapters developing these... o l P re v en ti o n 17 and policies of the school Parents should understand whether data were collected and what that means to the school, how the school is responding to the data, and what the projected outcomes of the prevention program are Data collection and follow-up with parents and other stakeholders at the end of the school year would be important to show successes and plans for the next year... it is occurring and the location where it takes place Understandably, bullying occurs across the life span and in a variety of locations, even though it could be argued that bullying is most prevalent during the school age years and within the school environment Since this book is about children, prevention, and intervention in the schools, I focus my discussion here on this population and location Levels... Psychologist, 32, 513–531 and school or family and church); the exosystem (contexts that are an extension of the mesosystem but do not contain the person but effect and influence the immediate settings in which that person is found); and the macrosystem (the institutional patterns of the culture or subculture, such as the economic, social, educational, and legal, that have an impact on behavior and meaning making)... bully and the victim “in the moment” of the interaction An example of this is the teacher stopping the bullying in progress, instructing the bully to stop, and telling the bystanders to behave differently Another example is for the school counselor to work directly with the victim to develop skills or strategize to make a change in behavior Empower Victims and Bystanders Empowerment of the victim and. .. by Mr and Mrs Dreyer Mr Dreyer answered his cell phone just moments prior to arriving at Applebee’s Desire´ was screaming hysterically on the phone “Where are you?” she asked, stating that she desperately needed him Desire´ had parked at Applebee’s, and Amber and a group of girls had surrounded her car and were threatening her She was locked in her car and had called the police Moments later, Mr and. .. walked away without comment, and as she walked away, Amber began calling her names and teasing her Desire´ had brought both Susan and Brooke to the party and now planned to leave them She went into the kitchen to get her belongings to leave and was confronted by Brooke, who asked her not to leave because she would not have a ride home Desire´ said that she was leaving, and if she or Susan wanted a . w0 h0" alt="" Bullying, Suicide, and Homicide Bullying, Suicide, and Homicide Understanding, Assessing, and Preventing Threats to Self and Others for. Eastside and Westside schools and individual names other than Desire´ and her family are fictitious names to maintain anonymity. 2 Bullying, suiCide, and HomiCide spiral