How To Talk To Kids About Hate Speech
07/18/22, 4:48 PM
Team & Family, I wanted to take a minute today to share with you how KNDMS is working with students who use hate speech and also provide you all with a resource to support you all as well.
https://dfwchild.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-hate-speech/
The following is how we are addressing hate language within our community. This approach is not set in stone and will adjust to the situations and community’s needs:
- Staff member or student reports to a member of the culture team
- Team determines if the hate language was targeted / determine if suspension is appropriate
- Impact identified
- Families are notified of the incident and any consequences to follow.
- Restorative Day(s)
- Base education if the situation finds it necessary or helpful for the students learning
- Education via book club, research project, readings and/or other personalized media.
- Impact Conversations with members of their grade level community and other impacted community members
For the victim(s) of hate language
- Communicating with families and listening, have them guide the process as much as possible
- Check-in's with Culture/SW/Admin/Teaching staff, leaning on trusted adults to support
- Asking the student what they would like to see happen (with the understanding that students are likely still processing and won't know the answer to this question right away)
- Providing safe spaces to process and cope with impact
- Inviting student and family to have an impact conversation
Please click this link to learn more of what to do when your child says something inappropriate.
https://dfwchild.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-hate-speech/
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We will continue to work with Families to ensure KNDMS is a place where everyone feels safe and belongs