GRUNDTVIG PROJECT

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• GRUNDTVIG PROJECT
• The "bullying" phenomenon - to
• know it and to face it from observer to rescuer

Romanian Coordinator Ioana Sandru
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BULLYING. IT SURROUNDS US IN OUR DAILY LIVES.

• About 60 percent of boys identified as bullies
  in middle school commit at least one crime by the
  time they are 24.

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Areas of bulling

• In schools (working with kids and parents)
• Family
• On web sites, cyber-bullying
• In sports, games
• Street, community
• States
• Media, TV, news
• Workplace

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We at the beginning 2008 - 2010

• All countries involved in the project Portugal,
  Turkey, Spain, Romania, Germany, Czech, Italy
  will create a big working group that could
  compare the educational strategies, giving
  attention to the bullying phenomenon
• All partners will made a macro-bridge among the
  different countries and different type of
  institutions (NGOs, schools, Universities)
  making possible a comparison and an exchange of
  information and methodologies.

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Aims

• to analyze the common perspectives for adults to
  access at bullying phenomenon in European context
• to help provide adults/educators with pathways
  to improving their knowledge and competences.
• to offer programs that introduce anti-bullying
  concepts for all staff to
• increase understanding and improve
• Community Responses

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Outcome

• builds awareness of bullying
• Training to train - MODEL OF TRAINING
• gives counselors and staff the tools and
  approaches they can use to prevent and manage
  bullying

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Products

• Leaflets
• Newsletters
• Training sessions
• Seminars (national and international level)
• Handbook Violence Prevention
• Web site
• Provide Materials on Bullying and Bullying
  Prevention
• creating a Centre for Learning about Bullying
• Including violence prevention, anti-racist, and
  anti-sexist measures in the curriculum.

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First meeting, Oct. 2008, Prague

• Preparing the calendar of activities
• Leaflet
• Selection of volunteers
• Symbol- for the web site
• Presentation of each organizations
• Common understanding of Bullying concept
• Identification of the Bullying material
• Agreement on work methods
• Report

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Second meeting, Dec. 2008, PT

• Prepare a Questionnaire to identify level of
  bullying, both learners and colleges
• Collect materials about bullying phenomena
• Start the Web site
• Exchange good practices
• Promote Training Methods
• Report

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Objectives after meetings 1st 2nd

• to prepare tools for anti bullying programs
• to introduce anti-bullying concepts for all staff
• to create a plan for bully prevention and
  management
• to train principals, teachers, support staff,
  community partners and parents (adults)
• to promote training materials

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2 Local Seminar Bucharest, 14th February and
13th March 2009

• Workshops for counselors and teachers
• Questionnaire for teachers and students
• Dissemination Leaflet

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For the 3rd Meeting May, TR

• Questionnaire results (personal statistics)
• Elaborate materials for training
• Preparing local Seminars for adults
• Exchange experience and good practices
• Contents for the web page
• Newsletter
• Report

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DO YOU KNOW A BULLY?

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• A bully is someone whose aggressive behavior is
  intentional and whose control over others
  involves an imbalance of strength or perceived
  power.

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Bullying can take many forms, including

• Physical bullying, such as hitting or kicking
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• Verbal bullying, such as name-calling or teasing
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• Relational bullying, such as social exclusion or
  relationship manipulation
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• Cyber bullying, including sending mean text
  messages, email, instant messages, or blogs

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Whitney and Smith (1993) 18 percent of the
participating middle and high school students
said that they would join in if their friends
were bullying someone.
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As a result, those involved in bullying may
experience

• Poor academic performance and school failure  
• Poor mental and psychological health (e.g.,
  depression, anxiety, behavioral problems)  
• Delinquency  
• Poor peer relationships  
• Suicide risk  
• Truancy  
• Future crime and drug and alcohol abuse

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The chart below shows how stress in the early
stages can 'rev up' the body and enhance
performance in the workplace, thus the term 'I
perform better under pressure'.
http//www.worktrauma.org/research
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Anti Bullying Campaign

• to help raise the awareness of bullying, standing
  up against the bullies
• Bullying Prevention Comics
• Bullying Prevention Videos
• Bullying Prevention Resources
• Posters
• Lessons on Violence Prevention
• Complete No Bullying Program Curriculum

Bullying prevention is a highly researched and
well-proven area of violence prevention.
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PROGRAM CONTENT example

• Core components of the program are implemented at
  the school, classroom, and individual levels.
• School-level components include
• Formation of a Bullying Prevention Coordinating
  Committee
• Distribution of an anonymous student
  questionnaire assessing the nature and prevalence
  of bullying
• Training for committee members and staff
• Development of a coordinated system of
  supervision
• Adoption of school-wide rules against bullying
• Development of appropriate positive and negative
  consequences for students' behavior
• Holding staff discussion groups related to the
  program
• Involvement of parents
• Classroom-level components include
• Reinforcement of school-wide rules against
  bullying
• Holding regular classroom meetings with students
  to increase knowledge and empathy
• Informational meetings with parents
• Individual-level components include
• Interventions with children who bully

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http//www.teachers.tv/bullying/download
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A ten-year perspective on bullying Better or
worse?
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Good cooperation!http//grundtvig.asoc.ro/