What to do about bullying in schools is an ever-expanding field, requiring constant monitoring as new ideas appear and new resources become available. With the publication of this second edition of Stop the Bullying I have been able to take recent developmentsinto account in revising some of the contents of the earlier edition and adding further material of a practical nature. The issue of whether schools in Australia should take action against bullying is nowwell and truly over. The question has become: How can schools best deal with the problem? Read more...
The purpose of the handbook --
Using the handbook --
Why bother? --
Understanding Bullying --
What is bullying? --
Gender, race, disability and social class --
Power inequities --
When forcefulness is not bullying --
The means of bullying --
Sexual harassment --
Bullying as a dynamic process --
The passive victim --
The resistant victim --
Bullying between staff and students --
Bullying between adults in the school community --
Why some people bully --
Why some people do not bully --
Action To Count Bullying --
Setting goals --
Making a plan --
Educating the school community --
Supportive training resources --
What it is useful to know about your school --
How to get the facts --
Finding out about bullying among young children --
Developing an anti-bullying policy --
What goes into the policy --
What teachers can do about bullying --
Talking with students in a class about bullying --
Telling --
Classroom activities that can help reduce bullying --
Working with students on rules and policies --
Focus on bystanders --
Roles for empowered students --
What students can do about bullying --
Bully/vicitim cases --
Assessing severity --
Alternative treatments --
Helping the victims --
Helping the bullies --
Working constructively with parents --
Types of schools --
Advice for parents --
A check list. Appendices: Sheets for Photocopying --
Defining bullying --
The means of bullying (examples) --
The bully/victim cycle: Bullying and the passive victim --
The bully/victim cycle: Bullying and the resistant victim --
What goes into the policy --
Alternative approaches to dealing with bullies --
Bystander exercise --
Warning signs that a child is being bullied at school --
Quiz about bullying for students (questions) --
Quiz about bullying for students (answer) --
Handling bullying: A staff questionnaire --
Twenty questions to ask yourself.
