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People
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Research
carried out by ENABLE, the largest voluntary organisation
for people with learning disabilities in Scotland, has shown
that 65% of all people with learning disabilities have experienced
bullying. More than a third say it is on a regular basis.
ENABLE
is supporting adults with learning disabilities to tackle
the problem of bullying and harassment for themselves. Thanks
to funding from the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund,
ENABLE has trained people with learning disabilities and
their supporters to give presentations to groups of young
people in schools and other interested groups. ENABLE is
keen to raise awareness of the problem of bullying and harassment
of people with learning disabilities and to be involved
in helping to shape anti-bullying policies and strategies,
especially where people with learning disabilities are affected.
For more information contact Lena Gillies or Doreen Walkinshaw
at:
Enable
6th floor
7 Buchanan Street
Glasgow G1 3HL
Tel: 0141 226 4541
e-mail: enable@enable.org.uk
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East Dunbartonshire
Tackles Bullying |
East
Dunbartonshire is developing an authority wide policy on the
recording and monitoring of bullying incidents. The Anti-Bullying
Network has been delighted to be able to advise Sue Wheatley
and the Authority on this exercise.
For further details contact:-
John Johnston
Principal Officer for Special Educational Needs
Boclair House
100 Milngavie Road
Bearsden
Glasgow G61 2TQ
Telephone: 0141 578 8748 |
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Solution
focused approached |
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Solution
focused thinking is primarily concerned with the development of
solutions. These solutions are developed by defining goals and also
by exploring actions already taken to meet these goals. Gillian
Strachan, a School and Family Support Worker based in Arbroath,
discusses the successful application of this approach in schools
in Angus. Following the training of individual members of staff
by the Brief Therapy Practice in London, and the subsequent success
of their Solution Focused method in Angus, wider training programmes
were introduced. We have now trained over one hundred members of
staff, including teaching staff and staff employed in the Education
Department Support Services. The method is being used in a number
of ways including in the classroom, with individual children, with
families and in team meetings. It has proved successful in all aspects
of school life, including anti-bullying and school ethos. Indeed
we are constantly surprised by the width of its application. This
coming year we will focus more on its application in the classroom
and its use for staff support, review and supervision. Part of the
Solution Focused method is looking at 'what has gone well' and doing
more of it. In Angus, we feel we have done well with this approach
and are happy to share it with others.
For more information contact:
Mrs. Gillian Strachan
The School and Family Support Service
Bruce House
Wellgate
Arbroath DD11 3TE
Telephone: 01241 435033 |
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