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Peer Support as an Intervention to Counteract School Bullying: Listen to the Children
Author(s) -
Cowie Helen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2011.00375.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , psychology , developmental psychology , peer relations , peer group , psychiatry
In this article, we discuss a range of ways in which children and young people themselves can give adults insights into bullying and how to resolve it. The adoption of peer support within a school can create opportunities for children and young people to be proactive in challenging bullying when they observe it.