Learning the best practices to prevent bullying and cyberbullying

Bullying behaviors, whether virtual or face-to-face, have negative impacts on students and have the power to influence their life to come. It is thus fundamental to reflect on the consequences that bullying and cyberb-bullying behaviors have and what are concrete steps that can be taken in order to stop and also prevent all forms of bullying in education and school settings.​

La nueva edición del curso “How to stop bullying and cyber bullying in schools and promote social emotional learningtuvo lugar en Palermo from 01/05/2022 to 07/05/2022.
It hosted 16 participants coming all from Lithuania but from different schools: Renata, Gintvilė, Gražina, Jolanta Diana, Rasa, Dalia, Audronė, Aidutė, Loreta, Dalia, Aldona, Lina, Ona, Vaida, Rima, Dalius.

​During our fisrt day, we lluvia de ideas todos los tipos de comportamientos de acoso, its forms, its participants and the three main elements which distinguish bullying from conflict. Thanks to different practical activities, we focused on bullying as a social phenomenon and we tried to identify the variety of roles involved.
We moved on talking about the factores de riesgo that lead young people to be bullied or to bully and what we can do to prevent these situations. For this reason, we also focused on the protective factors. We looked at these different elements from four different social perspectives: family, school, individual and community. 

​One of the main and most difficult types of bullying to be eradicated is ciber–acoso escolar. Nowadays, Internet has a major role in the lives of our kids and, as an inceberg, it has some advantages but it may also have negative consequences for children and young people. With some practical activities we explored the world of cyber-bullying and discussed about the differences between traditional and cyber bullying and the things that they have in common. In order to better understand this phenomenon, we looked at the different ways in which cyber-bullying may occur. Moreover, we implemented a very powerful activity which can be used both with students, parents and teachers to put ourselves in the shoes of bullying victims and raise awareness. 

Para prevenir los comportamientos de acoso es vital fomentar un positive and supportive classroom environment. This is why we explored the topics of inteligencia emocional, afiliación,  inclusion, team building y colaboración. These are pillars for a supportive classroom and should not be underestimated. Of course we focused on all these topics with a lot of non formal and creative activities and games, thanks to which it was impossible to get bored.

​Apart from the training activities, the group also had the opportunity to discover Palermo and its surroundings. The course was a great experience for all of them and everybody gave their contribution to make the most of it by sharing ideas and experiences.

Más información sobre este curso en: https://www.erasmustrainingcourses.com/stop-bullying.htm