Staff - unhelpful belief and practices

ATTITUDES

• schools should have no problems
  
• bullying cases are isolated
  
• getting involved may make the situation worse
  
• students exaggerate bullying situations/ students are not to be believed
  
• students need to change
  
• parents created the problem
  

REACTIONS

• emotive
• take sides
  
• blaming
  
• punitive
  

PRACTICES

• involve school psychologists/ pastoral staff in individual referral only
  
• treat each situation separately from its context
  
• punish the bully
  
• advise or blame the victim
  
• use a limited number of strategies
  

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