Bullying Intervention Essay

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Feindler and her collegues (1986) intervention, the program focuses on teaching the adolescents to control their impulses and emotions, and to express their anger in a social appropriate manner. Adolescents are learned to cognitively recognise, moderate, regulate and prevent anger outburst, through using problem-solving strategies in response to interpersonal/external provocation (LeCroy, 1994). When working with an individual pottential bully the adolescents behaviour needs to be identified (for example whether the student is aggressive, emotionaly abusive etc.) then the correct intervention plan can be set up for the indivdiual (Elinoff, Chafouleas, & Sassu, 2004). And it is very important for the teachers and staff members to be able to identify types of bullies as well as to be able to acurately identify a student who has fallen victim to a bully. On page 21 in the appendices, a poster can be viewed that clearly identifies types of bullies that can be used within this intervention. This picture can be placed up on the walls of class rooms so that students can recognise the type of bullies they may or may not encounter. 3.2.3. Tertiary Prevention At this level the bullying is occurring and thus the methods are to treat, decrease the problem and to minimise the effects of the …show more content…

The costs of the intervention will be compared to the benefits of the intervention. Evaluation is a very important step within an intervention. It will show the sponsors, community leaders, and the intervention staff that the intervention’s efforts were successful. If intervention did not achieve their goals, evaluation will be helpful in identifying what went wrong, so that the necessary changes can be made to the intervention. If the organisation has no experience in evaluating an intervention, the organisation can hire a consultant (Chapter One: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating an Intervention- An