{"id":21165,"date":"2017-10-17T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/blog\/cyberbullying-prevention-k12-schools\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T04:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T08:53:36","slug":"cyberbullying-prevention-k12-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/en_au\/blog\/cyberbullying-prevention-k12-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategies to Stop Cyberbullying in K-12 Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cyberbullying Prevention in K-12 Schools<\/p>\n

With so much technology at their fingertips, most students today have unprecedented access to texting, chats, apps, and online content. That amount of availability and connectivity presents challenges and risks for young people to navigate\u2014including dealing with cyberbullying.<\/p>\n

While hurtful words, actions, and harassment may have always been a problem in K-12 schools, cyberbullying allows that same, sometimes dangerous, behavior to happen almost anywhere, at any time. And cyberbullying can have lasting effects.<\/p>\n

Over 60%<\/a> of the students who experienced cyberbullying stated that it deeply affected their ability to learn and feel safe at school, and 10% said they skipped school at least once because of cyberbullying. In one survey, nearly a quarter of students<\/a> said they\u2019d been victims of cyberbullying in the month prior.<\/p>\n

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Given that bullying of any kind can have a serious and negative impact on a child\u2019s mental health, academics, and behavior, it\u2019s imperative that cyberbullying prevention in K-12 schools is implemented with the help of parents and staff.<\/p>\n

Warning signs a student is being cyberbullied or is cyberbullying others<\/p>\n

One of the first steps to cyberbullying prevention in K-12 schools is knowing what to look out for. While this is not an exhaustive list, these are some of the warning signs that a student may be involved in cyberbullying.<\/p>\n