Bullying & Cyber Bullying
A key issue in schools – and one of particular interest to parents. The recent surge in the use of technologies such as mobile phones has contributed to more recent policy development about cyber bullying.
Policies
Strategies for bullying intervention
Websites
- Safe Schools are Effective Schools (
PDF - 616 KB) - Bullying: No way!
- Bullying in Schools (Dr Ken Rigby)
- Coping with School Bullying DVD
- National Centre Against Bullying (NCAB)
- Young people and crime / Bullying (The Australian Institute of Criminology)
- Bullying with mobile phones (Australian Mobile Telecommunication Association) (PDF - 135 KB)
- Cybersmart Kids Online
Publications
- Findley, I. (2006). Shared responsibility: beating bullying in Australian schools. Camberwell, Vic: ACER Press.
- Noble, T,&McGrath, H. (2005). Bullying solutions: Evidence-based approaches to bullying in Australian schools. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: Pearson Education.
- Parada, R. H., Marsh, H. W.,&Craven, R. (2003). The Beyond Bullying Program: An innovative program empowering teachers to counteract bullying in schools. Retrieved 15 September, 2007, from http://www.aare.edu.au/03pap/par03784.pdf
- Rigby, K. (2007). Bullying in Schools and what to do about it [electronic resource/ revised and updated]. Camberwell: Australian Council for Educational Research.
- Roxborogh, T. K. (2007). No, it’s not ok: How to stop the cycle of bullying. Rosedale, N.Z.: Penguin.
- Video Education Australasia (2005). Not in my class: Managing classroom bullying behaviours [videorecording/ 1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.): + notes. (5 p.)]: [Bendigo, Vic.].