Bullying Interventions in Schools Six Basic Approaches

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

Part 1 Interventions in Perspective 1

1 The Current Situation 3

2 A Brief Background to School Bullying 14

3 Preparing to Intervene 25

Part 2 Methods of Intervention in Cases of Bullying 35

4 The Traditional Disciplinary Approach 37

5 Strengthening the Victim 51

6 Mediation 64

7 Restorative Justice 74

8 The Support Group Method (Formerly the No Blame Approach) 86

9 The Method of Shared Concern 96

Part 3 The Choice of Intervention Method 109

10 The School and the Community 111

11 Choosing a Method 116

12 Backdrop and Beyond 139

Appendices 144

A Handling Bullying Questionnaire with Results 144

B Exercise on Fogging 149

References 151

Index 161

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