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Responding to cyberbullying and digital harm: a 45-minute staff training
A ready-to-run session for school counselors to lead with teachers and staff. It covers the most common kinds of online harm, what to do in the first hour, and what your state’s law requires, using Lantern.
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- Who it’s for Teachers, support staff and administrators
- Led by A school counselor or student support lead
- Time 45 minutes
- You need A screen or printouts, Lantern open to your state, the staff checklist and two practice scenarios
Goals
By the end of the session, staff will be able to:
- Recognize seven common kinds of digital harm, and know which four are urgent.
- Take the right first steps when a student reports something that happened online.
- Know who to report to, inside and outside the school.
- Find what their state’s bullying law requires, using Lantern.
Before the session
- Open Lantern and look up your state. Note whether the law names cyberbullying and whether it reaches behavior off campus.
- Get your district’s bullying policy, its report form, and the name of the person who receives reports.
- Check your district’s steps for threat assessment, for self-harm risk and for any report that involves a sexual image. Some of these must go straight to an administrator or to police.
- Print the staff checklist (one per person) and choose two practice scenarios.
Agenda
| Time | Part | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| 0–5 min | 1. Why it matters | Opening question and one national figure |
| 5–15 min | 2. What digital harm looks like | Seven kinds of harm, four of them urgent |
| 15–25 min | 3. Law and professional standards | Your state in Lantern, federal law, and what each profession expects |
| 25–40 min | 4. Practice | Small groups work through a scenario |
| 40–45 min | 5. Our steps | Who to tell, how and by when |