Children are Successful in School
Number of Bullying or Harassment Incidents Reported per 1,000 Harford County Students
Current Value
348
Definition
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Story Behind the Curve
What are the top 3 root causes/contributing factors?
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Social Media Use
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Increasing Mental health issues (anxiety, depression, social skills lacking)
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Appropriate family structure (parenting skills, positive norms, consistency)
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Increased awareness of reporting
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Collaborative/proactive approaches
Partners
List two key partners with a role to play in improving this that we have not included in the past:
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Business community/employers
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Pediatricians (doctors)
What Works
Current initiatives/Programs:
- Positive Behavior Intervention Strategy**
- Collaboration with courts, mediation (govt), law enforcement**
- Threat assessment/training
- Inclusion in curriculum
- Mental Health coordinator assessing needs
- School Resource Officers
- Reporting system
New/Off the wall ideas:
- Educating through employers (parents/guardians)
- Parent Resource Center
- Alternative Consequence/sanctions
- Mental Health screening for every child, every year
- Community Schools
- Leaders/peer mentors
Strategy
What do we propose to do/fund?
- Need a system of mental health care
- Community Schools – access to information/parent resource center, screenings
- Use Business for outreach around parenting, social media use, mentoring
Data Discussion
Total number of bullying, intimidation, or harassment incidents reported by academic year.