“71 percent of those who have been bullied said it has happened at least once a week.” according to “Bullying and Children and Youth with Disabilities and Special Health Needs” There is a problem with bullying, especially bullying kids just because of their disabilities. There has been many things tired to cut out bullying in general. Such as counselling, consequences, and there is a program called Everybody Counts. This paper will cover problems of bullying, solutions, and what could possibly go wrong.
Kids who bully others because of their disabilities, or just bullying in general, is not good; it's a major problem. “In september 2013 a 12 year old, Lakeland, Florida, girl was found dead, one more victim of extensive and repeated cyberbullying,” …show more content…
This is a program through the schools to help kids bullying others because of their disabilities. According to the article “Everybody Counts”, “Everybody Counts was designed by Nancy Kayes as an awareness program to teach children about various disabilities and how children with these challenges cope with them.” This program shows kids what is is like to have a disability. Each grade has a different thing to learn such as, visual impairment, hearing impairment, developmental, motor disabilities, learning disabilities, chronic disease, and serious illness (Everybody Counts). This program is to help kids understand how kids with disabilities have to handle stuff a certain way and to show how they feel. “To help everyone know the person behind the disability and to create a climate in which we all feel at ease with one another’s differences” says the article Everybody Counts. There are simple reasons to prevent bullying because of disabilities, like, Everybody …show more content…
One is that some schools might not be on board. One of the goals for this program is “to add three schools each year to our roster.” (Everybody Counts). So therefore, the program could do more to make the goal more than 3 schools a year. Also, there could be some people who don't pay attention or don't connect to this. According to the article “Everybody Counts”, another one of the main goals is “To help everyone know the person behind the disability and to create a climate in which we all feel at ease with one another’s differences.” So the program or even the people who run the session could go deeper into this and make it so kids understand it. Also, the article “Everybody Counts” states as one of their goals as, “To reach thousands of grade school students annually.” So the program could try to do this in a less time so schools can get on board
Kids who bully others because of their disabilities, or just bullying in general, is not good; it's a major problem. “In september 2013 a 12 year old, Lakeland, Florida, girl was found dead, one more victim of extensive and repeated cyberbullying,” …show more content…
This is a program through the schools to help kids bullying others because of their disabilities. According to the article “Everybody Counts”, “Everybody Counts was designed by Nancy Kayes as an awareness program to teach children about various disabilities and how children with these challenges cope with them.” This program shows kids what is is like to have a disability. Each grade has a different thing to learn such as, visual impairment, hearing impairment, developmental, motor disabilities, learning disabilities, chronic disease, and serious illness (Everybody Counts). This program is to help kids understand how kids with disabilities have to handle stuff a certain way and to show how they feel. “To help everyone know the person behind the disability and to create a climate in which we all feel at ease with one another’s differences” says the article Everybody Counts. There are simple reasons to prevent bullying because of disabilities, like, Everybody …show more content…
One is that some schools might not be on board. One of the goals for this program is “to add three schools each year to our roster.” (Everybody Counts). So therefore, the program could do more to make the goal more than 3 schools a year. Also, there could be some people who don't pay attention or don't connect to this. According to the article “Everybody Counts”, another one of the main goals is “To help everyone know the person behind the disability and to create a climate in which we all feel at ease with one another’s differences.” So the program or even the people who run the session could go deeper into this and make it so kids understand it. Also, the article “Everybody Counts” states as one of their goals as, “To reach thousands of grade school students annually.” So the program could try to do this in a less time so schools can get on board