C YBERBULLYING IN ADOLESCENCE : INVESTIGATION AND INTERVENTION IN SIX E UROPEAN C OUNTRIES P OLISH INTERVENTION
Schools ` needs analysis – meetings with headmasters and teachers which aim was to recognise special school needs and specificity of school experience regarding cyberbullyin issue Łódź, big town, about 220 students Koluszki, small city, about 350 students Winna Góra, village, about 40 students
Awareness raising - Workshops for parents about cyberbullying phenomenon, prevention and intervention issues
Awareness raising - Workshops for teachers about cyberbullying phenomenon, prevention and intervention issues which can be developed in school
T RAINING PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS Knowledge based: fresh data on representative sample of adolescents (N=2143) and teachers (N=600) Prevention of „moral panic” and simplified picture of media usage among youth Basic knowledge on new media and their role in social live and developement of young people (Living and Learning with New Media, 2008; Pew American Internet Study) – also special needs students Computer mediated communication Different kinds ofelectronic aggression – not only cyberbullying, e.g. Aggression against the vulnerable Cyberbullying versus Face-to-face bullying – prevalance, consequences
Workshops with the Society of Anticyberbullying – SofA Club
English classes prepared for students about: new media, characteristics of online communication specificity of cyberspace
Participation in the conference under the „Safer Internet Day”
Awareness raising - Cyberbullying and new media knowledge base for parents, teachers and students Links to the cyberbullying websites Books Journals
Activities for students according to the positive ICT usage – set up a blog Source: