If any of these are suggested at your child s school then do ask what training the staff have received and how success is quantified. Circle of Friends from the age of five. Parents need to agree to this. A trained counsellor speaks to the class without the particular child being present. The class is encouraged to speak about the other child positively and to identify how they would feel if they were isolated or excluded themselves.
Pupils elect a management committee supported by the police and a member of staff.
It includes those involved in the bullying and bystanders. This is quite a time-consuming strategy for teachers because the aim is to get the bully to identify with the victim and to help resolve the problem. Each group member is interviewed a week later to report back on their contribution and the bullied pupil is also interviewed. It focuses on pupils who have been bullying others for some time as well as on the victim. Whether parents will agree with non-confrontational, individual chats with the bullies is debatable .