Bullying Impact

Elements of Effective Anti-Bullying Programs: 

• Implementing with fidelity evidence-based programs (Olweus Anti-Bullying Program  Second Step; Positive Actions; Capturing Kids Hearts; Facing History)

 

• All staff training in evidence-based programs

 

• All student training

 

• Allowing students to be involved in bullying prevention efforts has a great impact. Students feel empowered by being directly involved in analyzing bullying issues, creating ideas to help solve the problem, and enact creative solutions. Student-led bullying prevention initiatives give students self-efficacy and a sense of agency with leadership (Shriberg et al., 2017).

 

• Parent meetings

 

• A community-wide effort shows students that adults care what happens to them and that they are not alone

 

• Clear discipline policies and procedures

 

• Social skills training

 

• Counseling

 

• Peer-peer mediation

 

• Youths’ resilience is a protective factor in mitigating the negative effects of bullying. Resilience is one’s ability to spring back, rebound, and successfully cope with bullying victimization. Resilience is fostered with supportive environments, positive peer relationships, a sense of belonging, and self-efficacy (Hinduja & Patchin, 2017).

 

• Emotional and mindfulness programs

 

• “Bystander” training and expectations

 

• Data analysis

 

 

 

Bullying Program Impact Effect-Size Data:

• Teaching self-control (0.87 effect size)

 

• Bystander intervention (0.61 effect size)

 

• Reducing non-compliant behaviors (0.42 effect size)

 

• Use of clear consequences (0.41 effect size)

 

• Reducing aggressive behaviors (0.34 effect size)

 

• Programs most effective in elementary schools

 

• According to the (Center for Disease Control) , promising elements of bullying prevention programs include:

 

• • Multi-tiered systems of support, which includes universal programs or activities for all youth within the community or school; selective interventions for groups of youth at risk for being involved in bullying; and preventive interventions tailored for students already involved in bullying.

 

• • Multicomponent programs that address multiple aspects of bullying behavior and the environments that support it. Examples include examining school rules and using behavior management techniques and social emotional learning in the classroom and throughout the school to detect and provide consequences for bullying.

 

• • School-wide prevention activities that include improving the school climate, strengthening supervision of students, and having a school-wide anti-bullying policy.

 

• •  Involving families and communities by helping caregivers learn how to talk about bullying and get involved with school-based prevention efforts.

 

• •  Developing long-term school-wide approaches that strengthen youth’s social-emotional, communication, and problem-solving skills.

 

• •  Focusing on program fidelity by forming an implementation team to make sure the programs are carried out exactly as they were designed.