Ronald McDonald Visits Odom Elementary Students With Anti-bullying Message

Students and staff members at Odom Elementary School recently received a visit from Ronald McDonald. He shared stories and delivered an anti-bullying message. McDonald’s “Bully Buster” program is designed to teach kids about how to identify and deal with bullying. Ronald McDonald made the message meaningful and fun to children with plenty of interactivity, magic, music, and lots of laughter.

Ronald taught kids the C.A.L.M. approach to dealing with bullying. The C.A.L.M. approach describes plainly how a student should respond to a bully.

[ul class=”list list-arrow_blue”] [li]Cool down. Students can recognize stress signals and use calming strategies like deep breathing and positive value statements.[/li] [li]Assert yourself. Students can use assertive body language (non-verbal body language) that can deflect and detour bullying attempts.[/li] [li]Look them in the eye. Students can learn how to face a bully and look them in the eye.[/li] [li]Mean it. Students can use specific language scripts for responding to a bully. Students can use a non-confrontational script such as “stop that,” “leave me alone,” “you are being a bully,” or “get away from me now.”[/li] [/ul] Ronald also stressed the importance of bystanders helping out by telling adults if they see a bullying situation.

There was no reference or mention of any of McDonald’s products during the presentation of this educational program.