Victims need to be taught how to develop friendship skills and learn to interact with assertiveness and confidence. Fourth, school personnel need to know about the different kinds of bullies. Some apparent victims are actually provocateers, and change their role from victim to bully, depending on who they are interacting with. Finally, the most effective tool for dealing with bullying is to mobilize the masses of students who are neither victims nor bullies to take action against bullying. These students have the potential to significantly reduce bullying simply by the way they react when they witness bullying incidents.
Students can take action in many different ways.
Refusing to watch bullying, reporting bullying incidents, using distraction with either the bully or the victim are all effective ways of making a difference.