Early
Warning Signs of Violence Often
Overlooked, Study
Finds
Many
teachers and counselors often overreact to
one-time, physical confrontations between
kids and overlook nonviolent behaviors
that can cause even more damaging,
long-term emotional and social
problems.
Richard
Hazler surveyed 251 teachers and
counselors in Ohio to assess their
understanding of bullying and non-bullying
behaviors. Participants were given 21
scenarios of different emotional and
physical confrontations between kids and
asked to identify which were bullying
situations. The study was presented at the
American Counseling Association World
Conference in April.
Most
participants between 50 percent and 80
percent, depending on the individual
scenario labeled non-bullying situations
as bullying, suggesting that professionals
are not clear about which situations they
should react to and how they should
react.
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