Types of bullying
Bullying can be:
PHYSICAL
Physical bullying involves harmful actions against a person's body. Some examples are hitting, pinching, kicking. It also involves interfering with another person’s property. Some examples include stealing, damaging. Physical bullying is easy to spot.
VERBAL
Verbal bullying is speaking to a person or about a person in a way that is unkind and hurtful to that person e.g. teasing, name calling, spreading rumours, whispering.
NON VERBAL
Non verbal bullying refers to the types of behaviours that upset, exclude or embarrass another person, eg. leaving a person out of a game or activity on purpose, making rude gestures such as poking out tongue, writing hate notes about a person that will be upsetting to that person.
Identifying the types of bullying
| Physical | Verbal | Non-verbal |
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| hitting |
name calling |
pressuring a person to do something against their will |
| kicking |
put downs |
writing and passing around rude notes about a person |
| punching |
paying out |
graffiti |
| biting |
teasing |
pulling mean faces |
| spitting |
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running away |
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giving someone the 'stare' |
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the silent treatment |
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making rude signs or gestures |
