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Meet National Health Education Standards with Bully Busters

Implementing both the Bully Busters and Olweus Training Program in a school can help meet national health education standards for grades K-8. The following standards are from John S. Kendall and Robert J. Marzano, Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education, 3rd ed. (Aurora, CO: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning [MCREL], 2000).

Grades K-2

• Knows ways to seek assistance if worried, abused, or threatened (e.g., physically, emotionally, sexually)
• Identifies and shares feelings in appropriate ways

Grades 3-5

• Knows the difference between positive and negative behaviors used in conflict situations
• Knows some non-violent strategies to resolve conflicts
• Knows behaviors that communicate care, consideration, and respect of self and others
• Understands how one responds to the behavior of others and how one's behavior may evoke responses in others
• Knows the difference between positive and negative behaviors used in conflict situations
• Knows behaviors that are safe, risky, or harmful to self and others
• Knows common sources of stress for children and ways to manage stress
• Knows how mood changes and strong feelings affect thoughts and behavior, and how they can be managed successfully

Grades 6-8

• Knows potential signs of self- and other directed violence
• Knows the various possible causes of conflict among youth in schools and communities, and strategies to manage conflict
• Understands the difference between safe and risky or harmful behaviors in relationships
• Knows appropriate ways to build and maintain positive relationships with peers, parents, and other adults
• Knows how refusal and negotiation skills can be used to enhance health
• Knows characteristics and conditions associated with positive self-esteem