Individual approaches
Individual-focused and psychologically based models of support offer additional assistance to individuals or groups who are perpetuating bullying or harassment or who are the targets.
These approaches include:
- encouraging a range of positive social relationships
through supported skills training, practice and networks within and beyond
the peer group and school
- resolving specific personal and interpersonal
issues, for example, through mediation and problem solving, counselling,
protective behaviour and the management of emotions
- providing additional assistance to understand and influence the beliefs that perpetuate discriminatory behaviour in school and community life.
"This kid in Grade 9 used to pick on me all the
time. I tried to ignore him but that didn't work. Finally I told the counsellor
what was
happening. She got us together
and we talked about
what was happening. At first he lied but
then he
said he only picked on me because I never
tried to stop him.
He left me alone
after that and we eventually
became friends."
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