Cowie, H. & Jennifer, D. (Co-ordinating team, UK), Chankova, D. & Poshtova, T. (Bulgaria), Deklerck, J. & Deboutte, G. (Belgium), Ertesvåg, S. K. & Samuelsen, A. S. (Norway), O'Moore, M. & Minton, S. J. (Ireland) and Ortega, R. & Sanchez, V. (Spain) © (2006)

School Bullying and Violence: Taking Action

Module A

Unit A2 - What We Know About School Violence: Findings From Research and Practice

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Objectives:

To increase knowledge and understanding of the concept of school bullying and violence
To increase knowledge of how to identify violent behaviour and separate it from less serious (e.g. disruptive) behaviour
To be familiar with knowledge about the incidence of school bullying and violence in Europe
To increase knowledge of the characteristics of perpetrators and victims of school bullying and violence
To be familiar with the role of new technology in school bullying

Facilitation skills to be developed through this unit:

Knowledge and understanding of:

up-to-date knowledge of main characteristics of perpetrators of school bullying and violence
the complexity of school bullying and violence
the range and causes of aggressive and challenging behaviour
the importance of a research based approach to intervention

Personal qualities and attributes include:

being an effective communicator
having a good understanding of the complexity of school bullying and violence
having a good understanding of implementation strategies
being an effective trainer of all members if the school community