If children lack certain skills, the teacher can focus on giving feedback, suggestions, and ideas that the child can implement. Children who possess adequate social skills but are reluctant to use them can be given opportunities for doing so by being paired with younger children. This experience gives the older child an opportunity to practice skills and boost self-confidence. Children who are victimized by others believe that school is an unsafe and threatening place and often express a dislike for school. These findings point to the importance of implementing immediate intervention strategies to reduce victimization.
Teachers can provide firm but supportive suggestions to the aggressor.
Teachers can think about how the curricula might be helpful to a child who is feeling lonely. Arranging the dramatic play area with props may help some children act out or express their feelings and feel a sense of control. Use of crisis-oriented books with children, referred to as bibliotherapy, may assist a child in coping with a personal crisis. Sharing carefully selected literature with children may assist in facilitating emotional health. Children who are able to express and articulate their concerns may want to talk about their unhappiness.