This post is part three of a three-part blog series that explores how to help students transform bullying behavior. The series mirrors the three levels of intervention outlined in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Level One applies to the 80 percent of students who are responsive when explicitly taught about acceptable behavior. Level Two addresses the 15 percent of students who need social skills training and tools to help them stop bullying.
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May 30, 2014 - 4:28pm
“This is our moment for healing. We all stand here, we all sit here as a school, as a community.”
May 28, 2014 - 12:40pm
We were thrilled with all the entries to the National Leadership Gathering Giveaway!
Yesterday, with the help of the random number generator, we selected two winners to receive a free registration and free night at the Northern Hotel, worth $400.
We're verifying with our winners via phone and have sent other entrants a special coupon just for entering! If the email hasn't made its way to you, email us at gathering@niot.org.
Learn more about this special event. Check out the agenda along with travel and cost info at NIOT.org/Gathering/2014.
May 23, 2014 - 11:05am
Addressing & Eliminating Labels
“Do not define me by my clothes or the color of my skin”.
These are the words that begin a powerful video titled, Labels. The video, created by Maneetpaul Singh, is a creative project featuring people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds, wearing a stereotype or label written on a piece of tape, covering their mouths. The video featured labels like “know it all,” “shy,” “prep,” and “terrorist,” among others.
The opening and closing lines are from the poem that inspired Singh to embark on this project, written by Singh’s friend Bani Ahuja. The video ends with a woman, burning a piece of tape with the words “insert label here,” and the final words of the poem are narrated:
So take this label that I wear,
Let it burn into the air,
May 22, 2014 - 1:14pm
Not In Our Town was honored to participate in an extremely informative webinar addressing the challenges of prosecuting hate crimes and the important interplay between hate crime victims, law enforcement, and the greater community.