Bullying in Schools and Cyberbullying - The Evidence Base for Prevention and Intervention
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This Symposium is jointly hosted by the Special Group for Psychology, Health and Social Care (PHASC) and the London & Home Counties Branch of the BPS.
You will hear from a range of internationally renowned speakers on topics including Kiva, an evidence-based, highly effective programme of intervention and prevention of bullying in schools, initially developed in Finland, and now used in over 20 countries.
The success of implementing KiVa in a Welsh primary school will be described by its Headteacher including a video of pupils opinions and a case-study of a perpetrator.
Finally, you will hear a detailed review of international research on Cyberbullying .
This event will be held at:
- The Royal Society of Medicine
Wimpole Street
London
The event will be a "hybrid event" so that delegates can attend online if they can't attend in person, and will run from 9-30 am until 1-30pm.
Lunch is not included, but there are lots of places to eat in the locality (e.g. John Lewis which is just over the road from the RSM).
Further information
The Symposium Chair, Professor Judy Hutchings is Co-Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention at Bangor University, and is one of the UK's leading researchers in this field.
Judy has pioneered the introduction of KiVa (a bullying prevention programme, initially in Wales, but now throughout the UK).
Judy will briefly describe the elements of KiVa and its evidence-based effectiveness before introducing Professor Christina Salmivalli (Turku University, Finland), who will be attending/presenting remotely.
Christina and her team developed the KiVa anti-bullying programme which is now implemented in large scale in over 20 countries throughout Europe and the World. She will outline the findings from her early studies as well as more recent research done in Finland and elsewhere.
Next, Mrs Lorraine Dalton (Headteacher, Ysgol Bryn Gwalia, North Wales) will describe the successes of KiVa in her school and show a video of pupils describing their experience of the Anti-bullying programme.
She will then introduce her Home-School Liaison Officer, Jo Jackson Wyatt, who will present a brief Case-study of the effects on a perpetrator of bullying.
The final presentation will be by Professor Lucy Bowes, Oxford University, who will review the international research and theory on Cyberbullying, and describe her own work on Cyberbullying trends and its impact on wellbeing.
The Discussant for the Symposium is Valerie Hero, Independent Consultant Child and Educational Psychologist, who is a member of the PHASC Committee.
How to register
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Chaired by Professor Judy Hutchings, Co-Director, Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention, Bangor University
09:30
- Registration (tea and coffee)
09:50
- Chair's Welcome and Introduction
10:15
- The Development and Evaluation of KiVa; A Sustainable Bullying Prevention Programme - Professor Christina Salmivalli, University of Turku, Finland (live broadcast presentation)
11:00
- Break/Sebiant
11:15
- How the KiVa Programme was Embedded in Our School's Curriculum and Ethos - Mrs Lorraine Dalton, Headteacher, Ysgol Bryn Gwalia, North Wales
- A Brief Case Study of a Perpetrator of Bullying - Ms Jo Jackson Wyatt, Home-School Liaison Officer, Ysgol Bryn Gwalia
12:00
- Cyberbullying: A Review of International Research and Theory; Some Trends and its Impact on Wellbeing - Professor Lucy Bowes, Oxford University
12:45
- Discussant - Mrs Valerie Hero, Independent Educational Psychologist.
13:00
- Close of Symposium and opportunity to network before lunch (not provided).
Professor Judy Hutchings, FBPS, OBE
Professor Judy Hutchings has worked in Wales since 1973 and is Director of Bangor University Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention. She has published extensively, advised the Westminster and Welsh Governments, lectured and taught internationally and in 2011 received an OBE for services to children and families.
She has worked on evaluations of parenting programmes in several countries and works with the World Health Organisation, Oxford and Cape Town Universities, developing and evaluating evidence-informed parenting programmes for low- and middle-income countries.
Her current research includes an RCT of the school based KiVa bullying prevention programme, work to promote children's language skills via the Book Sharing programme and the development of the Parenting for Lifelong Health programme for Roma parents in Montenegro.
Professor Christine Salmivalli
Christine is a professor of psychology at the University of Turku, Finland. She has conducted research on school bullying and its evidence-based prevention for three decades. Her team the developed the KiVa anti-bullying programme, which is implemented on a large scale in Finland and in 20 other countries. Christina has published widely on children's peer relations and bullying in top tier scientific journals.
Professor Lucy Bowes
Lucy Bowes is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Oxford, and Principal Investigator of the oRANGE lab (Oxford risk and resilience, genes and environment). Lucy's research focuses on the impact of early life stress and adverse experiences on psychological and behavioural development.
Her research integrates methods from social epidemiology, behavioural genetics, and developmental psychology in order to understand the processes that influence children's response to adversity.