Preventative Ideas



School Culture and Environment

• Create a positive school culture
• Reduce opportunities students have to engage in bullying
• Develop structured activities when there is no supervision
• Stagger breaks
• Increase supervision in high-risk areas

While developing a school-wide policy and plan against bullying is important, the research also has some ideas on how to address particular issues within the school. Incorporating respect and clear academic and behavioural expectations into the school environment has been shown to help reduce bullying behaviour. These are some ideas, when used within a whole-school approach, that may help reduce bullying behaviours in your school. The needs assessment the school does will inform which ideas will work best in your school environment. All strategies should be tailored to the child, including their age and the type of behaviour they are demonstrating.

Source: “Bullying Prevention in Schools” (2004), National Crime Prevention Strategy.
Online: Public Safety http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/res/cp/res/bully-eng.aspx