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July 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda TUESDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) — Students with visible disabilities
and those receiving special education services for behavioral problems are
at greater risk of being bullied and of bullying others, according to a
new study.
These children also are more likely to engage in antisocial behavior
and have disciplinary problems at school, the researchers found.
The findings reveal the complex nature of bullying, the study authors
pointed out in the report, which was published June 27 in the Journal
of School Psychology.
“These results paint a fairly bleak picture for students with
disabilities in terms of bullying, victimization and disciplinary
actions,” lead author Susan Swearer, professor of school psychology at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said in a university news release. “Sadly,
these are the students who most need to display pro-social behavior and
receive support from their peers.”
The study included more than 800 special-ed and general-ed students
between the ages of 9 and 16 from nine different schools. The
investigators found that 38 percent of the students admitted to bullying
other students and 67 percent said they had been the victims of
bullies.
Not only were special-ed students at greater risk for being bullied or
bullying others, students with visible or more obvious disabilities, such
as language or hearing impairments or mild mental handicaps, were
victimized most often. They also reported the highest levels of
bullying.
On the other hand, the study authors found that students with
non-observable disabilities, such as a learning disability, were not
affected as much by bullying and reported similar levels of bullying as
students without disabilities.
“The observable nature of the disability makes it easy to identify
those students as individuals with disabilities, which may place them at
greater risk for being the easy target of bullying,” Swearer said in the
news release. “Also, being frustrated with the experience of
victimization, those students might engage in bullying behavior as a form
of revenge.”
There were no significant differences in bullying between boys and
girls, the findings showed. General-ed students in fifth grade were
victimized more often than students in grades six through nine. For
students in special-ed, however, there was no difference in bullying by
grade level.
Anti-bullying interventions should focus on students’ pro-social
skills, the study authors concluded. Those in general education could
serve as pro-social role models for students with disabilities, they
suggested. In addition, students with visible disabilities should be
better integrated into general-education classes, which may prevent them
from being bullied.
“Programming should be consistently implemented across general and
special education, should occur in each grade, and should be part of an
inclusive curriculum,” the authors noted. “A culture of respect, tolerance
and acceptance is our only hope for reducing bullying among all
school-aged youth.”
More information
The Nemours Foundation has more about bullies.
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