Overall reported helpfulness of peer actions

1. Overall reported helpfulness of peer actions Davis, S. & Nixon, C. (2010). The Youth Voice Project. Retrieved on 22 September 2010 from http://www.youthvoiceproject.com/YVPMarch2010.pdf

2. One possible approach High Harm Low Harm Harm Minimisation – steps to move young people in the right direction.

3. Cyber bullying helpful actions • Bullying via your mobile phone • Question – Do the messages break any laws? • Yes – contact the Police • No – the below suggestions may help • download and print the messages, and / or • take a digital photo of the message, including details regarding the sender • Take Note: • Messages need to fulfill at least one of the following criteria before service provider will take action. • Three or more unwelcome calls over a 48 to 120 hour period • Unwelcome calls made at consistent and/or regular intervals (e.g., 2am every Wednesday) • Ten or more unwelcome calls over a 24 hour period

4. Cyber bullying helpful actions • Bullying via the internet • Save the evidence • 2. If the content is illegal contact the Police • 3. Inappropriate content, which falls into the categories below, may be reported to the ACMA (Broadcasting Services Act 1992): • Content classified as RC or X 18+ (includes child pornography, violence or drug use) OR Content classified R 18+ or MA 15+ and not subject to a restricted access system • Note: ACMA does not investigate complaints about content contained in email, instant messages, SMS or MMS, unless it is provided as part of an adult chat service, or a service that specialises in the provision of prohibited or potentially prohibited content. Additionally defamatory content is not investigated. • 4. Report through the website reporting function (ie. in Facebook etc)

5. The move to online counseling Services available include: telephone, email, and web (real-time) counselling. • The online medium attracts 93% of young people wanting counseling and support • Telephone supports accounts for only 47% of all sessions • Counsellors spent an average of: • 22 minutes in telephone counselling sessions • 57 minutes in web counselling sessions Kids Helpline (2010). Kids Helpline 2009 Overview. Retrieved on 22 September 2010 from http://www.kidshelp.com.au/upload/22862.pdf

6. Are your students disconnecting? More than 56,000 of the 438 474 young people who called Kids disconnected during the mandatory privacy wait message, this represents almost 13% of all callers. • Does your school: • Ask students how they want to make contact with you? • Provide safe places for young people to access support? • Know if local public phones are in good working order? • Promote a variety of support avenues? • Offer a mobile phone number for students to text to should they wish to report a concern? • Have an online reporting function within the school portal? Kids Helpline (2010). Kids Helpline 2009 Overview. Retrieved on 22 September 2010 from http://www.kidshelp.com.au/upload/22862.pdf

7. Possible first steps… • Strong leadership/ethos • Clarity among school community about the school’s stance and action on this issue • Survey • Assess level/type, age groups etc of cyber bullying at home and at school e.g. focus groups, class meetings, surveys • Focus on transitions especially to high school • Collaborate with other schools to provide consistent cyber bullying prevention information eg similar cyber policies

8. Other possible school responses School expected behaviour policies - Behaviours associated with cyber bullying / define - Multiple reporting methods, e.g. online or via email - Consequences for behaviour occurring outside the school if has adverse effect on student safety and wellbeing at school - Establish a committee involving students - Part of school induction, presented in lay terms

9. Other possible school responses Family education, e.g. family evenings, newsletters Conducted by students Information about how to prevent, detect and intervene Encourage families to discuss internet and adverse consequences e.g. school policy consequences; legal issues; social issues. School wide family agreement

10. Other possible school responses Information and communicative technology (ICT) use policy addressing Access to inappropriate material Unacceptable communication and communication safety Unlawful and inappropriate activities Protection of student personal information Reporting of cyber bullying Student / family agreement

11. Year 8 Cyber Friendly Schools curriculum Module One: What’s This All About? Module Two: In the Know: The Stats on Bullying Module Three: Flaming: Just Jokes Module Four: Your Voice Your Choice Module Five: Being a Good Mate (BFF) Module Six: Playing Judge and Jury Module Seven: In or Out Module Eight: Reflection

12. Year 9 Cyber Friendly Schools curriculum Module One: My Online Status Module Two: Connect, Extend, Challenge Module Three: Helping me, helping you Module Four: Cyberships (managing relationships) Module Five: Reality bites Module Six: Loading plz wait Module Seven: Standing by Module Eight: Who me? Couldn’t be… DRAFT

13. Other possible school responses Encourage students to report bullying - Teachers respond positively and consistently to reports - Variety of methods available including online/email methods to report bullying - Teachers and parents skilled such that students/children believe they can help

14. Evidence-based Approach The Screening Tool • Building capacity for action – committed leadership and organisational support • Proactive policies, plans and practices to prevent and manage bullying behaviours • Supportive school culture • Staff, student and family key understandings and competencies • Protective physical environment • Collaborative school-family-community partnerships

15. Whole School Indicators to reduce bullying • Building capacity for action • Committed leadership • Resource mobilisation (staff, time, funding, materials) • Organisational support • Compatible school actions with school community needs

16. Whole School Indicators to reduce bullying • Proactive policies, plans and procedures • Proactive policy development and implementation • Positive behaviour management approaches • Integrated approach to orientation and transition • Targeted student and family support

17. Whole School Indicators to reduce bullying • Supportive school culture • Effective classroom management • Positive whole school ethos • Positive peer group influence

18. Whole School Indicators to reduce bullying • Staff, student and family key understandings and competencies • Staff professional learning • Explicit student learning through the curriculum • Effective parent communication

19. Whole School Indicators to reduce bullying 5. Protective physical environment • Physical attributes of the school • Supportive school facilities and activities • Competent student supervision

20. Whole School Indicators to reduce bullying 6. Collaborative school-family-community partnerships • Strengthening family links • Working collaboratively with the wider community and health, education and community service providers

21. The 7 Step Plan

22. TAFN... that’s all for now ;-)k.hadwen@ecu.edu.au