Victimization event/Victim standpoint

Bullying Of Amanda Todd
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1.0 Introduction  PAGEREF _Toc352313329 \h
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2.0 Background to Amanda Todd’s bullying  PAGEREF _Toc352313330 \h
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3.0 Cyber bullying  PAGEREF _Toc352313331 \h
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4.0 Prevalence of cyber bullying  PAGEREF _Toc352313332 \h
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5.0 Victimization theories  PAGEREF _Toc352313333 \h
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6.0 Intervention strategies  PAGEREF _Toc352313334 \h
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7.0 Relevance of studying cyber bullying  PAGEREF _Toc352313335 \h
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Abstract
Studies suggest that bullying has harmful effects on the emotional and physical status of victims, and with emergence of cyber bullying it is clear that there is a need to use better intervention strategies. This paper highlighted on the case of Amanda Todd, a teenage Canadian girl who committed suicide after vicious cyber bullying incidents over a period extending more than two years. To understand the association between victimization and cyber bullying, the study further focussed on various theories of victimization. From Todd’s case study it is likely that as the bullying continued her mental health deteriorated as students began to distance themselves from Todd, leading to social isolation. Even though, her parents understood the extent of the problem she could not cope in school, and this paper proposes that counselling sessions ought to offer training on how to identify and reduce prevalence of cyberbullying. Essentially, both teachers and parents ought to have knowledge on cyber bullying and provide open communication for there to be effective strategies on cyberbullying. BULLYING OF AMANDA TODD
Introduction
For professional counsellors cyber bullying is an emerging subject matter that requires urgent attention with risk factors to cyber bullying now a top priority as school counsellors and parents try numerous intervention strategies. Bullying connotes those acts that lead to harm in victims through physical, social or verbal ways through the actions of a perpetrator or bully. In addition, the power imbalance leads to bullying as he acts can only be termed as bullying when they are repeated numerous times. Because cyber bullying is a new phenomenon there are few studies that look into the impact of cyber bullying on the emotional and psychological wellbeing of victims.
Background to Amanda Todd’s bullying
Following vicious online bullying, Amanda Todd committed suicide in 2012 at her parent’s home in British Columbia Canada. Prior to her d...