Harassment, Hazing & Bullying Policy

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Harassment, Hazing, and Bullying

Bellcate School has adopted policies to ensure that your student is treated fairly at school. Harassment, hazing, and bullying are not tolerated at Bellcate School. Please review the attached definitions and policies at the end of this handbook. If your student reports any incident of alleged harassment, hazing or bullying to you, please notify the administrator immediately and appropriate steps will be taken. See the full Hazing & Bullying policy and procedures HERE.

Bellcate School utilizes a three-stage personal development model that draws on a number of effective theories and strategies. This is not a fixed system, but rather a way of understanding change within a context. Bellcate School understands growth and change to be a slow and challenging process for anyone.
Read more about our three-stage personal development model

The primary focus of the exploration stage is to build a strong therapeutic relationship as a foundation to facilitate and support growth and change. We use nonjudgmental acceptance and communicate empathy, respect, and genuine care so students can come to accept themselves and unblock their own natural potential.

Students are often ready to move into the Understanding Stage when they have developed strong, trusting, and safe therapeutic relationships with staff. The goal of this stage is to support students in constructing new insight and understanding. Staff assist students in determining their own role in their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Thoughts and behaviors are learned according to learning principles and thus can be changed using the same learning principles. In the Action Stage, staff assist students in making decisions that benefit themselves. Staff refer to the stages of change model as a resource to further understand where the student is in the change process.

Harassment, Hazing & Bullying Policy

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Harassment, Hazing, and Bullying

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