What could be done to support pupils who are being bullied?

Key statement

Many of the programmes to support bullied children involve a positive contribution from other pupils and many programmes see building self-esteem as an important part of a child's recovery and empowerment.

A Cautionary Note About Using Peer Mediation
Mediation can be a very useful way of helping people to solve disputes or relationship problems. However, bullying involves a serious imbalance of power and in such circumstances the mediation process may be exploited by a bully and used as another opportunity to upset the victim.
(Andrew Mellor)

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Comment

Any work done to support a bullied child is unlikely to be successful if action is not also taken to modify the behaviour of the bullying children. Some strategies for doing this are described elsewhere in this resource.
(Andrew Mellor)
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More 1 - peer support
More 2 - assertiveness training
More 3 - support from the family
More 4 - teacher support
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