SocialWorkSynergy

by Pat Shelly and Corinne Fiegl

Corinne Fiegl is a MSW student at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, and the creator of this infographic.  During her foundation year 2018-19, her field placement was in a Buffalo Public School, working with PreK- 8th grade students. This year, as part of the Hartford Partnership Program in Aging Education Program (HPPAE), she will be at the Amherst (NY) Center for Senior Services. She will graduate in May 2020.

Corinne chose bullying as the topic of this infographic as part of a social work course assignment during the Spring 2019 semester. Students were asked to create an infographic that addresses a macro issue affecting the clientele served in one’s internship. Bullying is an issue in schools across the nation; she began to see it firsthand in the interactions among the students at her placement. She hopes to raise awareness about bullying and its effects, and that the infographic will serve as a quick checklist on resources for teachers to use in prevention efforts or interventions. Teachers are trained on this topic, and certainly most have seen student-to-student bullying, but having an “on-hand” resource to address bullying could make a difference in the lives of their students and improve safety in the school. It is also a reminder of just how widespread it is: one in three report being bullied.

In planning this infographic, she found it was important to organize information carefully to make a clear and concise infographic. Corinne’s hope is that “A Teacher’s Guide to Bullying” will educate readers and encourage other school social work interns to make a difference in their work environments.

 

This infographic is sharable, with no changes, and with credit to Corinne Fiegl, under Creative Commons license
CC BY-ND.