Much has been written in the past about bullying. It is no longer the taboo subject that it was. The dire consequenses of non-intervention for the bullied, the bullies and the whole school community are well recognised. It is now good practice in schools to acknowledge the existence of bullying and to actively strive to combat it in order to preserve the well-being of the individual and the school

However, teachers and most other adults find bullying behaviour diffucult to deal with effectively. Fear of intervention is often associated with our uncertainty over what constitutes appropriate action and a fear that the wrong kind of intervention could make an already bad situation worse for the person being bullied.

This resource is a novel drama-based pack which explains the link between bullying and self-esteem. Exercises, stories and techniques place emphasis on rehearsing practical and positive solutions to the problem of bullying. The workshops give many opportunities to examine a variety of approaches.