CONTENTS

About This Course

Table of Contents

1. School Bullying: What It Is and Why It Hurts
2. The Role of Bullies, Victims, and Witnesses
3. Factors Contributing to Bullying and Violence
4. Screening and Assessment
5. Treatment For Children and Adolescents
6. Prevention and Intervention
7. Legal and Ethical Issues

Supplements
Case Studies
Fact Sheets
References
Resources

The ABCs of Bullying
Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression

Emotional Health Education

In addition, social workers can work with the teachers to include emotional health education in the curriculum, which can help prevent students who are bullied from becoming bullies themselves, and can help all students develop self-acceptance, respect, and tolerance for others.ref

This process allows students to talk about painful feelings rather than covering them up or distorting them. Components of this emotional health approach include:ref

• Teaching students to identify, rather than ignore, negative feelings about the bullying and other circumstances.
• Helping students recognize that, unfortunately, exclusion, rejection, and humiliation are part of life, but people can learn the emotional skills to overcome difficult situations.
• Encouraging teachers and other school staff to talk to the students openly about loss and rejection.
• Training teachers and other school staff to become positive and emotionally healthy role models.