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Lunchtime, Recess & on bus

Lunchroom – Increasing kindness and respect:

  • Educate staff/personnel in cafeteria to spread out over entire area, mingling and watching interactions carefully.
  • Invite parent/community members to help supervise/mingle with students during lunch.
  • Have student volunteers watch for and sit with and befriend students who are sitting alone.

Additional information/suggestions

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/more-peaceful-lunchtime – A More Peaceful Lunchtime

http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin493.shtml -Order in the Cafeteria: Tips for Improving Behavior and Supervision

Recess-Safe and Respectful Play

http://www.edutopia.org/recess-struggles – Recess Struggles: Students Help Teachers Maintain a

Peaceful Playground

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1321449/Buddy-Stop-helps-cut-playground-bullying.html – buddy bus stop

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Youngsters-helping-stop-bullies/story-12849383-detail/story.html -buddy bus stop

http://sports.glsen.org/resources/game-plan-elementary-physical-education/   -Tips for K-5 Physical Education Specialists and Classroom Teachers to Make Classes and Recess Time Inclusive and Respectful for All Students

http://web.archive.org/web/20030306042836/http://www.prairie.ca/~roakden/playpass.htm – a program for more peaceful recess time

Games for the Playground

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/cooperative-games-younger-students – Cooperative games for younger students

http://www.playworks.org/games  – free downloadable book of games for safe and healthy fun

On the bus or at the bus stop – reducing peer abuse

http://safesupportiveschools.ed.gov/index.php?id=9&eid=436 – Training packet for bus drivers (powerpoint and handouts for bus drivers half way down page)

http://www.angriesout.com/kids6.htm  -Bus Stop Buddies

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/making-bus-rides-go-better  -Making Bus Rides Go Better

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/article/bus-bully-project -The Bus Bully Project

http://www.schoolbusfleet.com/Channel/School-Bus-Safety/Articles/2009/09/Strategies-for-Discipline-Problems-on-the-School-Bus.aspx -Strategies for Discipline Problems on the School Bus

http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/ESP-Bus-Bullying-final.pdf  -info and suggestions for stopping and prevention bullying on the bus

http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/schoolwide-classroommgmt/school-wide-strategies-managing-b us-conduct  -School-Wide Strategies for Managing… BUS CONDUCT