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New Study Tracks Successful Bullying
Interventions
In a sweeping meta-study of over
13 different evaluations of bullying intervention programs
Dr. Ken Rigby, educator and author, presents the most thorough
review yet of successful and unsuccessful anti-bullying
methods.
In his downloadable paper "A meta-evaluation
of methods and approaches to reducing bullying in pre-schools
and in early primary school in Australia" he compares and
contrasts programs in several countries including Australia,
Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, Norway, Spain and the
United States.
In the Canadian context he includes an
evaluation of a study conducted at 3 elementary schools
and one secondary school in Toronto that surveyed 898 students
over an 18 month time period.
His paper outlines similarities and divergences
in anti-bullying programs worldwide and presents detailed
thoughts on successful methods and useful combinations.
He concludes that overall, interventions
ARE successful in reducing bullying in most cases to varying
degrees while noting that interventions begun in kindergarten
and primary grades were more successful than with older
students. He also notes key success rates differences related
to programs that focus on measures related to victimization
vs bullying others.
You can read a complete summary
of this report by visiting Dr. Rigby site: Bullying
in schools and what to do about it.
Download the 72 page free report
here.
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