1. CHILD PROTECTION
and
BULLYING
RAFFY FERRER PALLER

2. Child Protection

3. "Children" refers to person below eighteen
(18) years of age or those over but are unable
to fully take care of themselves or protect
themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty,
exploitation or discrimination because of a
physical or mental disability or condition.

4. Bullying is the use of force or coercion to
abuse or intimidate others. The behavior can
be habitual and involve an imbalance of
social or physical power. It can include verbal
harassment or threat, physical assault or
coercion and may be directed repeatedly
towards particular victims, perhaps on
grounds of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or
ability.

5. TYPES OF BULLYING
1. Physical Bullying
–when someone hits, shoves, kicks, spits, or
beats up another person
–when someone damages or steals another
student’s property

6. 2. Verbal bullying
–name-calling, mocking, hurtful
teasing
–humiliating or threatening someone
–making people do things they don’t
want to do

7. 3. Social bullying
–excluding others from the group
–spreading gossip or rumors about others
–making others look foolish
–making sure others do not spend time
with a certain student

8. 4. Electronic bullying
–using computer, e-mail, phone or cellular
phone text messages to:
• threaten or hurt someone’s feelings
• single out, embarrass or make someone
look bad
• spread rumors or reveal secrets about
someone

9. Anti-Bullying Policies
A Child Protection Committee (CPC)
will be established in all private and
public elementary and secondary
schools. The committee will be
composed of school officials, teachers,
parents, students, and a community
representative.

10. The Anti-Bullying Act of 2012 was
approved on May requiring all
elementary and secondary schools to
adopt anti-bullying policies.

11. The objective of the policy is to
observe and promote zero tolerance
on any act of child abuse, exploitation,
violence, discrimination, bullying, and
other forms of abuse in school.

13. OUR RIGHTS

14. Every Child Have Rights
1. Right to be born;
2. Right to have a family that will take
care of us;
3. Right to receive a good education;
4. Right to expand our opportunities
to reach their full potential;
5. Right to have enough food, shelter
and healthy;

15. 6. Right to have the opportunity to play;
7. Right to be given protection against
abuse, danger and violence;
8. Right to live in a peaceful community;
and
9. Right to choice and right to make
decisions.

16. GOD BLESS