Next the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program focused on classroom level intervention that included holding regular classroom meetings to discuss bullying related issues. The purpose of this was to keep the lines of communications open between school officials and students allowing school officials to become a press of all social issues that were going on among the student body. Finally the prevention program focused on one individual student by meeting with students who are considered bullying and students who consider victims of bullying. The first implementation of this program in the US was conducted in South Carolina involving 6388 fourth and sixth graders finding after one year of this program there was a significant decrease
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Cross et al’s researcher review on Friendly Schools Friendly Families program (FSFF) bullying prevention program used in Western Australia school system. The Conceptual framework for the (FSFF) program was to address bullying from a whole school level, individual level, classroom level, and family level. The framework suggests ecological, cognitive, and psychosocial risks and protective factors that are potentially amendable to change and that can be regulated or mediated at school classroom, family and individual levels to reduce bullying .(Cross, Waters, Pearce, Shaw, Hall, Burn, Roberts, Hamilton 2012) the (FSFF) program started with whole school level activity that would use to create a positive social atmosphere in school by creating positive relationship among the students the school administration, and the parents. These activities included providing staff members with material and the training needed to reduce the. The classroom level implemented Dr. Olweus design of building a relationship between students who witness bullying, victims of bullying in the bullies. This activity allows the students to develop common understanding about the cause and effects of bullying by implementing activities such as role-playing and stories to help with the social skill building. The family level activity incorporate parental involvement with their children and the school to help with the anti-bullying prevention outside of school. The individual level activities was used with the help of special skilled health professionals to identify and help students who was victims of bullies, and to addressing the students that who have been identified as bullies. The finding of this study was an intense anti-bullying programs was much more effective than moderate and low intensity
Cross et al’s researcher review on Friendly Schools Friendly Families program (FSFF) bullying prevention program used in Western Australia school system. The Conceptual framework for the (FSFF) program was to address bullying from a whole school level, individual level, classroom level, and family level. The framework suggests ecological, cognitive, and psychosocial risks and protective factors that are potentially amendable to change and that can be regulated or mediated at school classroom, family and individual levels to reduce bullying .(Cross, Waters, Pearce, Shaw, Hall, Burn, Roberts, Hamilton 2012) the (FSFF) program started with whole school level activity that would use to create a positive social atmosphere in school by creating positive relationship among the students the school administration, and the parents. These activities included providing staff members with material and the training needed to reduce the. The classroom level implemented Dr. Olweus design of building a relationship between students who witness bullying, victims of bullying in the bullies. This activity allows the students to develop common understanding about the cause and effects of bullying by implementing activities such as role-playing and stories to help with the social skill building. The family level activity incorporate parental involvement with their children and the school to help with the anti-bullying prevention outside of school. The individual level activities was used with the help of special skilled health professionals to identify and help students who was victims of bullies, and to addressing the students that who have been identified as bullies. The finding of this study was an intense anti-bullying programs was much more effective than moderate and low intensity