How to make your school bully-free

Every year one-third of students are the target of bullying. It places them at risk of serious and longlasting mental health effects including anxiety, depression, suicidal and violent ideation. If schools are serious about safeguarding their students’ wellbeing, they need to mobilize all stakeholders – students, teachers and parents – behind a new and inclusive vision for their school community. But most educators have never been trained how to do this. This workshop shows participants how to lead culture change at their school through defining a new social vision for their school and how to realize that vision through three concrete initiatives (1) an anti-bullying policy that guides your whole school community (2) Implementing a social and emotional learning programme for all students; and (3) training all teachers in a response system to bullying that really works.