bullying
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News
Teachers can do more to address anti-LGBT bullying
Australia’s teachers need to do more to protect their LGBTIQA+ students from bullying and harassment, new research says. Researchers from…
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NSW teenager acquitted of plotting school massacre
A teenager from regional NSW who was bullied with homophobic taunts has been found not guilty of conspiring to murder…
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NSW holds first anti-bullying roundtable
The NSW government has held its first anti-bullying roundtable to improve schools’ response to youth mental health needs and antisocial…
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In The Classroom
The impact of bullying on the brain and the body: opinion
Literature in the field informs that bullying is a destructive social behaviour, which has both immediate and long-term negative consequences…
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In The Classroom
One teacher on his school and the many ghosts who haunt it
Brendan James Murray is haunted. Well, to be grammatically correct, his school is haunted, but Brendan is tormented by the…
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UK school bans unsupervised activities in break time to curb bullying
A school in the UK is making headlines after it replaced break time games with supervised activities in a bid…
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Bullying from best friends especially harmful: study
Bullying hurts children more if it comes from a friend, and they're less likely to report it, says a new…
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Health+Wellbeing
New study finds parents often confuse bullying with fighting
A recent study by Dr Lesley-Anne Ey of UniSA and Professor Marilyn Campbell of the Queensland University of Technology revealed…
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Health+Wellbeing
Severe bullying not improved by school interventions: new research
A new study using data from 223 student surveys across 24 Australian schools has found that school interventions did not…
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Health+Wellbeing
Unique program tackles bullying in schools: Podcast
Having been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, Samwise Holmes's high school years were characterised by relentless bullying, constant feelings of isolation…
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