Full Description
The Anti Bullying Handbook is an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, administrators, counsellors, therapists, and teacher trainers and trainees. Practicable and accessible, it helps us understand what bullying is and how to arrest it or prevent it from happening. The first part of the book provides a clear overview of what we understand about bullying. It is based on up-to-date information from the world's leading experts. The second part tells us how to go about solving the problem of bullying. This includes how to set up a preventative whole school anti-bullying programme, how to deal with bullying as it occurs, and how to monitor it so that it doesn't recur. The book also identifies and describes the best anti-bullying sites from the worldwide web.
Contents
PART ONE: WHAT IS BULLYING AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT IT; INTRODUCTION; WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT BULLYING; PART TWO: PLANNING, PHILOSOPHY AND POLICY; HOW TO CREATE AN ANTI-BULLYING INITIATIVE; CLARIFYING A SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY; PLANNING AND INFORMATION GATHERING; A SCHOOL POLICY ON BULLYING; PART THREE: PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES; STRATEGIES FOR TEACHERS; INTERACTIVE STRATEGIES IN THE CLASSROOM; THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT; PART FOUR: INTERVENTIONS; PEER STRATEGIES: BEFRIENDING; PEER STRATEGIES: COUNSELLING AND MEDIATION; THE NO BLAME APPROACH; A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS; THE P.E.A.C.E. PACK AND BULLYING IN SCHOOLS; KIA KAHA AND STOP BULLYING; THE PIKAS METHOD OF SHARED CONCERN; FOLLOW-UP STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS
