- Tier:
- Tier 1: Positive mental health promotion
- Tier 2: Early intervention cohort specific support
- Category of intervention: Bullying prevention, Support for diverse cohorts
- Strength of evidence: Not applicable
- Geographic location: State-wide
Program description
The Bully Stoppers online toolkit supports the school community, including teachers, principals, parents/carers and students, to understand, prevent and respond to bullying.
The toolkit provides evidence-informed advice and resources for different stakeholder groups to:
- understand, prevent and respond to all forms of bullying behaviour
- develop and implement strategies for when bullying occurs
- empower students to be upstanders.
Intended outcomes
Support teachers, principals, parents/carers and students to work together to prevent and respond to bullying.
Program details
| Target audience |
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|---|---|
| Program provider | Department of Education |
| Delivery mode | Online |
Implementation considerations
- Target audience: School communities.
- Program adaptability: Toolkit content can be adapted to the individual school context. The toolkit is directly available online with a range of resources for different target audiences.
- Staffing: Backfilling not required.
- Time: The toolkit is online and self-directed. The time length for resources varies, from 20 minutes upwards.
- Training requirements: None.
- Australian experience: This program was developed specifically in the Victorian education context.
Cost
- Item cost: Free
- Detailed cost: Free
How the Fund can be used
Time release for staff (including casual relief teaching) work on school bullying policies, programs and processes.
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