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Backed by thirty-five years of research and successful, worldwide implementation, the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is a long-term, system-wide program for change involving program components at four levels:
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School-Level Components
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Establish a Bullying Prevention Coordinating
Committee.
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Conduct committee and staff trainings.
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Administer the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire
schoolwide.
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Hold staff discussion group meetings.
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Introduce the school rules against bullying.
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Review and refine the school’s supervisory system.
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Hold a school kick-off event to launch the program.
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Involve parents.
Classroom-Level Components
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Post and enforce schoolwide rules against bullying.
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Hold regular class meetings.
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Hold meetings with students’ parents.
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Individual-Level Components
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Supervise students’ activities.
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Ensure that all staff intervene on the spot when
bullying occurs.
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Hold meetings with students involved in bullying.
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Hold meetings with parents of involved students.
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Develop individual intervention plans for involved
students.
Community-Level Components
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Involve community members on the Bullying
Prevention Coordinating Committee.
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Develop partnerships with community members
to support your school’s program.
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Help to spread anti-bullying messages and
principles of best practice in the community.
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For more information, download the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program Scope and Sequence Report (PDF).
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| Professional Development |
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Online courses provide
key info on bullying,
dating violence
Two interactive distance-learning courses, Bullying 101 and Teen Dating Violence 101, provide key information about bullying, cyber bullying, and dating violence and explain how to create safe, healthy environments and relationships. Learn more
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