The 1996 Norwegian Program for preventing and managing bullying in schools

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The Norwegian Ministry of Education has recently initiated a new nationwide program to prevent and manage bullying in school. The Centre for B ehavioural Research. StavangerCollege. is responsible for the professional contents of the new programme. Both previous research and experience with the 1983 national campaign against bullying in school. comprise an important background for this new large-scale project. Research indicates that management is essential to reduce the prevalence of bullying. and the 1983 campaign showed that continuity was vital. The new national programme also focuses on the necessity of involvement from more people; school administrators. teachers. pupils. parents and a corps of resource people who can assist the schools in developing schoolbased action plans. A booklet for the teachers. a collection of articles for the parents. and a notebook of ideas on how the pupil councils can work to improve school and class climate and contribute to the reduction of bullying have been published and distributed to all schools. The 300 plus resource people nationwide who have participated at seminars will be meeting again in spring 1997 to have the opportunity to improve their knowledge and capability in assisting schools in the continuing work to prevent and stop bullying.

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