Bullying and Students with Special Needs
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- Students please choose your partners the science project.
- Justin is a 6th grade student with Autism. He often struggles in the areas of communication skills, motor skills and social cognition
- He has anxiety about working with peers because tease him. It takes him longer than his peers to process information. A recent study by the Interactive Autism Network (IAN) showed that 63% of children with autism have been bullied at some point in their lives.
- Why is he looking over here at us? I don't want Justin in our group.
- Oh no... Justin is going to ask if he can work with us. I hope Jessica isn't going to say anything mean to him.
- Verbal bullying includes teasing, name calling, inappropriate sexual comments, taunting, and threatening to cause harm.
- No, Justin you can't work with us you're stupid and too slow. You're only going to get in our way!
- Umm?... Can I?....
- Alice was selected by her teacher as a peer mentor. Peer mentoring is a strategy where selected groups of peers are assigned to 'look out' for vulnerable students.
- According to Pacer, more than 50 percent of bullying situations stop when peer intervene.
- Jessica! That was rude. Justin does not deserve to get treated that way. And he is not stupid! He has autism. He has different strengths and weaknesses just like you do!
- School wide climate change, peer groups, and peer mentoring interventions are crucial strategies fostering empathy and creating a positive social emotional environment for students with special needs.
- Well done, Alice.
- You're right Alice. I'm sorry Justin... Do you want to work with us? Maybe you can draw the map? I love your artwork.
- Yes I would!
- For more information on bullying and ASD seehttps://nationalautismassociation.org
- So are you three working together?
- Yes!
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