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female student upset after receiving a text message from a bully

Governments, schools and parents need to widen their focus from identifying and re-educating bullies to teaching young people how to better cope with the emotional damage bullying does, a leading educator says. According to Michael Bernard, governments, including education departments, have a critical role in doing all they can to minimise bullying in schools but aren’t investing in programs to develop students’ intrinsic capacity to cope.

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A Way to Empower Students to Cope with Bullying blog article by Dr Michael E. Bernard

7 minute read What does empowering students to cope with bullying look like? Is there best practice research evidence that shows it can be done? I worked in schools as a psychologist for many years, where teachers referred students to me who were struggling in different areas, such as schoolwork and relationships. I worked extensively

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