Conference news The Scottish charity 'Children in Scotland' has a range of conference and training days in the coming months, including one workshop in March 2009 on 'Dealing with conflict, anger and aggression in young people'. Visit their website for more information.
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The
Anti-Bullying Network Annual Conference Menzies
Belford Hotel, Edinburgh,
Thursday 15th May 2008 'Anti-Bullying and Child Protection: have we gone
too far?'.
Many thanks to everyone who attended this conference and made it such a successful and enjoyable day.
Peer
Support in Schools Publication
New publication launched - all schools in Scotland are being sent a free handbook
by the Anti-Bullying Network. The resource aims to help schools develop peer support
schemes which the ABN's Andrew Mellor believes should be a key element in any
approach to bullying.
June
2007 New Research on Homophobic Bullying Almost
two thirds of homosexual pupils in Britain's schools have suffered homophobic
bullying, a survey suggests. Listen
to Andrew Mellor of the
Anti-Bullying Network talking about this on BBC Radio Scotland (save to your desktop
(right mouse click on a PC or click and hold on an Apple Mac) and open in Quicktime
player). Read more about the report on the BBC
website.
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Bully
Dance A short animated film that could act as a useful trigger
for discussions, while inspiring young people to produce their own animations
on the theme of bullying and how it can be tackled. View
here...
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February
2007 Bullying on the Web: It's a Crime -
the Anti-Bullying Network Director Andrew Mellor writes about camera phone bullying
on the internet.
