1st Edition

How to Stop Bullying towards a non-violent school A guide for teachers and support staff

By George Varnava Copyright 2003
    96 Pages
    by Routledge

    96 Pages
    by Routledge

    By providing teachers with a practical intervention program to prevent bullying in their schools, this book gives the reader tried and tested strategies to tackle a very challenging problem.

    Creating a safe school environment where pupils feel secure is increasingly difficult, but this book shows how to devise a strategy, put it into practice, measure its effectiveness and extend the good practice into the wider community. The involvement of young people is a key element of this process.

    With its roots firmly in practice, the book is based on a study of' common characteristics of schools that have successfully reduced bullying; case studies that show how change can be achieved; raising whole-school awareness of the problem; how to tackle bullying as a whole-school issue; involving the students and the student council; delivering in-service training to colleagues.

    Primary and secondary school teachers, the school management team, learning mentors, teaching assistants and governors will find the guidance clear and suggested approaches helpful.

    Introduction; An intervention programme to prevent bullying; Evaluating the effectiveness of intervention; Establishing baseline assessment criteria for measuring progress; Extending the process into the community; Training.

    Biography

    George Varnava