Parent participation can be very important, but any approach must begin with establishing the child's trust. Presents abstracts for 10 recent ERIC documents and 13 journal articles on the topic of bullying in school, focusing on the incidence of bullying and strategies to address bullying. Petty teasing, joking and bullying at school can have devastating effects on students, leading to violent and disastrous consequences for both perpetators and victims. The article makes suggestions for how educators can take a proactive stance to prevent a climate that allows bullying and harassment to flourish. Phi Delta Kappan , September 1997, pages 80-82.
Some children never get over the fear and humiliation.
Effective remedies include tougher discipline, increased supervision, counseling for students, and inservice training for teachers. A widely used Norwegian intervention by Daniel Olweus creates a school environment characterized by positive interactions with adults and sanctions against bullying behavior. Discusses extent of the problem, characteristics of bullies and victims, consquences of bullying, intervention programs. A list of further references is included. Open meetings are regularly scheduled times when all class members and the teacher sit together in a closed circle to discuss important topics, such as name-calling.