Một số trường đào tạo học sinh cao cấp, đại diện từ mỗi năm, các tình nguyện viên của bất kỳ năm nào hỗ trợ đồng đẳng có sẵn tại thời gian nghỉ trong một căn phòng dành riêng cho các học sinh khác đến để được tư vấn và hỗ trợ một loạt các vấn đề. Childline trong quan hệ đối tác với Trường | BULLYING 81 Some schools train senior pupils representatives from each year or volunteers from any year as peer support who are available at break times in a designated room for other pupils to go to for advice and support on a range of issues. Childline in Partnership with Schools CHIPS runs schemes to train pupils in peer support and can tailor the training to individual schools needs including helping both bullies and the bullied details at the end of the chapter . Senior pupils such as sixth-formers or prefects could be specially trained to look for bullying behaviour and report it and to support victims. Bullying and positive behaviour can be included in the curriculum. It might be an important part of personal social and health education my book Contentious Issues Discussion Stories for Young People has several stories covering issues of bullying intimidation and sexual and racial harassment for 11 to 18 year olds or it could be brought up as a special issue. Parents can help prevent their children being bullied by teaching them social and assertiveness skills helping them to develop high self-esteem see Chapter Five and my book Social Awareness Skills for Children and showing them how to behave responsibly and caringly towards others. They should also impress upon the child that no one has a right to negatively affect her life and so any bullying behaviour must be stopped by getting adult help and the support of friends. Parents can help their children not become bullies by teaching positive social behaviour and respect for others and by not being over-strict violent or aggressive towards them or allowing them to witness aggressive or violent behaviour between themselves. Conclusion Bullying that is not effectively and quickly sorted out can make a child s life a misery. Adults should listen to the child and not let any comment of hers that relates to bullying pass by even if it is about bullying of other children in the school. They should find out what has
