Cyber-Bullying: What Schools Need To Know
Date: April 15th 2014
Location: Room HG10, Dublin City University
This one-day seminar for teachers, organised by the Anti-Bullying Centre, looks specifically at cyber-bullying and aims to equip schools with the practical skills, knowledge and confident to deal effectively with the issue.
The new Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools state that schools must now engage in and provide educational and prevention strategies to pupils in relation to cyber-bullying. This seminar gives practical guidance on how to do this on an on-going basis.
Areas that will be covered:
- Cyber-bullying in Ireland- an overview
- Cyber-bullying and the Anti-Bullying Policy
- Cyber-bullying & the Law
- Whole School Approach
- Role of Parents in Cyber-bullying
- Prevention
- Intervention
- What can schools do?
- Prevention & Educational Strategies
- A checklist of what schools ideally should be doing.
- Resources & ideas for schools
This seminar may be of particular interest to guidance counsellors, principals, year heads or anyone who would like to increase their awareness of the subject in the hope of feeling more empowered in dealing with incidents of cyber-bullying.
Visit our Eventbrite page to register: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cyberbullying-what-schools-need-to-know-tickets-10661602139.
Contact maryclaire.healy@dcu.ie for more information.