Understanding Girl Bullying and Reducing its Impact on Student Well-being
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Identify the differences in girl bullying
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Manage conflicts between girls and take action against:
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Social exclusion
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Rumour spreading
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Humiliation
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Harassment
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Alienation
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Recognise and deal with new trends
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Strategically reduce bullying and its impact and raise attendance and achievement
Sam Littlemore
Date: 5th Jul 2019
Dr Sam Littlemore has more than twenty years’ experience of working extensively with children and young people who have emotional and behavioural problems. As a Chartered Psychologist, her focus is on welfare, safeguarding and behaviour change. She has worked as a teacher in a Secondary school and Psychology Lecturer at Nottingham Trent and Keele University.
Unpick the intricacies of girl bullying
Identify the difference between teasing and bullying
Recognise the power play of the girl bully:
- Peer support
- Social hierarchy
- Ostracism
Examine the ‘fall-out’ and ‘collateral’ of girl bullying
New bullying trends and how to deal with them
Psychological damage of online bullying behaviours
How boys and girls differ
Effects on the bullied and the school
Individual and whole-school anti-bullying strategies
A complete practical anti-bullying toolkit for:
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Empowering the bullied
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Disempowering bullies
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Increasing support to help students cope
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Focus on whole-school engagement