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st the tribunb october 16 1997 p 11 schoolyard bully can often be detrimental to both victim self dr glenn dipasquale a local school board psycholo gist had some stern warnings about school violence last week his message was that vio lence which often begins as young as age 7 can have long- term effects on both abuser and victim the little guy whos bully ing your friends is the same guy wholl scare you to death in the subway some night years later being a bully he says is not a good start in life in later life bullies have a higher rate of job loss violent family behaviour and sub stance abuse research shows that kids who started out as bullies eventually have a 60 per cent criminal conviction rate 40 per cent of them have more than three convictions and what of the victims being a victim is a painful problem that sometimes con tinues for years not surprisingly victims dont fare well in adult life either they often experience problems with selfconcept which in turn affects the way they relate to their own sons the problem is often related to boys but according to american research the prob lem is growing among girls girls are more likely to use isolation and harassment than they are to use physical vio lence but this too is chang ing is this a growing problem dipasquale is quick to point out that violence is believed to involve about 15 per cent of the school population and its hard to tell if its any worse than it used to be there isnt much good research data from years ago in a study done by york region of three randomly selected schools they found that 1 8 per cent of the children were involved in some sort of violence either as abuser or victim they have developed a safe schools pol icy which means that aggres sion will not be tolerated however the abusers suc cess depends on the secrecy of the acts teachers are taught to encourage children to report to them any acts of violence or bullying that they see and as a group the children are encour aged to use peer pressure against abusers bullies respond to being unmasked and told that their behaviour will be watched they need consequences not just nega tive ones but also positive feedback on improvements in behaviour victims often col laborate with their abusers to cover up the abuse fearing the consequences if they dont thats why its so important for parents and teachers to be aware of the signs that a child may be victimized parents says dipasquale should be a little suspicious about anything unusual bruises and scrapes torn clothing missing posses sions often when a parent figures out the situation the child will beg him to interfere fearing retribution the parent counsels dipasquale has to take a firm stand saying youll have to trust me on this its often up to the parent to make the first contact with the school dipasquale spends a lot of his time talking to teachers and parent groups because he believes fervently that his problem can and must be turned around he has news paper clippings he 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