According to PBIS, the core features of
an effective bully prevention program can be divided into student skills and faculty / staff skills.
Specifically a meta - analysis of studies found that the most
effective bullying prevention programs in schools included parent training, improved playground supervision, multiple disciplinary strategies (not Zero Tolerance), school conferences or assemblies that raised awareness of the problem, classroom rules against bullying, classroom management techniques for detecting and dealing with bullying and the work of peers to help combat bullying.
Not exact matches
The second part of
effective bullying prevention involves creating a
bullying prevention team, delegating roles and responsibilities to maximize your impact, and then selecting the best
programs and practices to help reduce
bullying in your unique school environment.
For a
bullying prevention program to be
effective, it must be ongoing.
Includes information on Steps to Respect, a
bullying prevention program shown to be
effective in grades 3 — 6.
Comment: Rosalind Wiseman is the co-founder of the Empower
Program, a national, nonprofit educational organization that aims to «empower young people and adults to create safe schools and communities by providing
effective prevention strategies to address
bullying and other forms of peer aggression,» she is also the author of the bestseller Queen Bees and Wannabees, and the mother of two boys.
In fact, Maria Ttofi and David Farrington (both from the University of Cambridge) conducted a more sophisticated analysis of forty - four
bullying prevention efforts (excluding
programs that targeted violence or aggression generally) and uncovered some promising evidence: ``... school - based anti-
bullying programs are
effective: on average,
bullying decreased by 20 — 23 % and victimization decreased by 17 — 20 %.»
New research from ChildTrends found that
bullying prevention programs that use a whole - school approach to foster a safe and caring school climate — by training all adults to model and reinforce positive behavior and anti-
bullying messages — were generally found to be
effective.
The group launched the
program in response to new research that shows social - emotional learning to be an
effective part of
bullying prevention.
As with other major public health problems, the burden of suffering associated with aggression,
bullying and violence will not be significantly reduced by clinical services alone;
effective prevention programs are also urgently needed (Craig and Pepler 2003; Offord et al. 1998; Waddell et al. 2005, 2007).
Steps to Respect ® is a research - based, comprehensive
bullying prevention program developed for grades 3 through 6 by Committee for Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving children's lives through
effective social and emotional learning
programs.