Report: Prevention of Bullying in Schools and Colleges

Posted by on May 20, 2013

Bullying: a complete resource

An extensive and comprehensive report from the American Educational Research Association presented in a series of 11 briefs identifies the causes and consequences of bullying, highlights training and technical assistance opportunities to help faculty and staff at all types of institutions to address bullying, evaluates the effectiveness of current anti-bullying policies and prevention programs, and assesses the current bullying research, interventions, and legislation. The educational settings in which bullying occurs, and where prevention and intervention are possible, must be understood as contexts for positive change. Yet many administrators, teachers, and related personnel lack training to address bullying, and do not know how to intervene to reduce it. Bullying can include physical aggression such as hitting and shoving, and verbal aggression, such as name-calling. It can also include social or relational forms of bullying in which a victim is excluded by peers or subjected to humiliation, and can occur face-to-face or through digital media. Since bullying is part of the larger phenomenon of violence in schools and communities, and it is not fully clear to what extent victimization and bullying overlap, the examination of victimization and bullying should involve interactions among all community members, including youth, teachers, school staff, and parents.

http://www.aera.net/EducationResearch/SpecialResearchProjectsProducts/BullyingPrevention/tabid/14868/Default.aspx