There is, however, a great deal schools can do to prevent and
address bullying behaviour.
A policy is more likely to be effective if it directly
addresses bullying behaviour, raises awareness of what constitutes bullying in the school community, up - skills staff with effective evidence - based interventions, builds consistent staff and school responses that reflect school values, respects cultural diversity and reflects the social and emotional learning curriculum.
If we can
address bullying behaviours, we can head off very damaging later - life consequences and effectively reduce mental health and crime problems.»
Not exact matches
This module is part of a whole school approach to
address the issue of
bullying behaviours in a positive way and includes staff training, teacher led lessons and a parent awareness raising session.
When relational aggressive
behaviour is not appropriately
addressed and the perpetrator discovers an advantage through repetition, «emotional
bullying» soon rears its ugly head.
Given that discrimination can often play a major role in acts of violence, harassment and
bullying, the Commission knows how essential it is to
address the underlying causes of these attitudes and
behaviours.
This includes identifying and
addressing the impacts of racism on children and young in other national initiatives and inquiries such as those focused on suicidal
behaviour and self - harm,
bullying, and access to mental health prevention and care services..
The following policy, procedures and support documents provide guidance to schools to ensure they have processes and policies in place to
address bullying, harassment, violence and to respond to complex and challenging
behaviour.
This standard was released in 2011 and sets out the nine areas schools must
address in order to prevent or manage
bullying behaviour.
The programme aims to empower students and staff through a holistic and peer - led approach by engaging them to change the attitudes,
behaviours, and culture of
bullying by building skills and confidence to
address different situations, both online and offline.