Individual strategies

How to consider each child’s circumstances and develop the most appropriate strategies against bullying.

Strategies for individual students

Establish a school culture that is clearly pro-learning, and where bullying and violence is neither accepted or expected.
Empower students to tell adults when bullying occurs.
Provide programs to develop students’ resilience, communication, social, assertiveness and coping skills.
Change the physical school environment (e.g. conduct a playground safety audit) and improve teacher supervision in specific areas of the school grounds.
Increase supervision of students at particular times or places – as identified by student feedback from the data collection tool.
Make access to support from a guidance officer, school counsellor or relevant allied health professional simple for students and parents.
Review technology access at school and introduce and review programs to increase the safe, smart and responsible use of technology.
Consider timetable or class changes to decrease the potential contact students may have with each other.
Consider mediation or conferencing for students involved with a trained teacher or peer-mediator to resolve issues.
Consistently apply appropriate disciplinary action against students who bully others.
Develop behaviour support plans for those students involved in bullying who require intensive support.
Establish a student support group if necessary.