Bullying and Teasing Prevention
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

Rise Together consultant Molly Mercer works with schools and programs to prevent bullying and teasing following the guidelines developed by Dr. Dan Olweus. Trainings and workshops include:

• 2-3 day Olweus Program committee Training
• ½-1 day staff training
• Topic workshops (classroom meetings, staff concerns and community building, team-building, non-teaching staff training, etc.)

As a certified Olweus trainer, Molly has worked with teachers and students from pre-school to high-school as well as with YWCA, youth center, home-visiting staff, and bus drivers. A workshop request will be tailored to the needs of the school or program. Please contact Molly for pricing information and availability.

Olweus Bullying Prevention Program Basic Info:

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is a research-based, program designed to reduce and prevent bully/victim problems at elementary, middle, and junior high schools. Designed by Professor Dan Olweus at the University of Bergen in Norway, the program has been successfully implemented in a number of countries, including Norway, the United States, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

The program is not a curriculum. Rather, it is a school-wide program with interventions at several levels:

• School-wide interventions include administration an anonymous student questionnaire about bullying, formation of a Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee, training for staff, the development of school-wide rules against bullying, development of a coordinated system of supervision, and parental involvement
• Classroom-level interventions involve holding regular classroom meetings about bullying and peer relations and meetings with parents
• Individual-level interventions involve individual meetings with children who bully and

Does the program work?

The program has been found to be very effective. As a result of the program, participating schools have seen:

• Substantial reductions in the frequency with which students report being bullied and bullying others;
• Significant reductions in students’ reports of general antisocial behavior, such as vandalism, fighting, theft, and truancy
• Significant improvements in the “social climate” of the class

(The above information is extracted from Olweus Program Materials. For more information please visit www.clemson.edu/olweus )