and may also be the most prevalent type of school violence (Brown, Low, Smith, & Haggerty, 2011). Dake, Price & Telljohann (2003) explain that conflicting research exists regarding physical characteristics of students involved in bullying behaviors and that in elementary schools, the prevalence of bullying ranges from 11.3% in Finland to 49.8% in Ireland and the only United States study of elementary students found that 19% were bullied. The researchers also found that as students get older and go through the different grades that bullying behavior tends to decrease (Dake et al. 2003). A whole school approach which is assessing the problem, planning school conference days, providing better supervision at recess, forming a bullying prevention coordinating group, encouraging parent-teacher meetings, establishing classroom rules against bullying, holding classroom meetings about bullying, requiring talks with the bullies and victims, and scheduling talks with the parents of involved students (Dake et al. 2003) (taken from Christina Murphy,
and may also be the most prevalent type of school violence (Brown, Low, Smith, & Haggerty, 2011). Dake, Price & Telljohann (2003) explain that conflicting research exists regarding physical characteristics of students involved in bullying behaviors and that in elementary schools, the prevalence of bullying ranges from 11.3% in Finland to 49.8% in Ireland and the only United States study of elementary students found that 19% were bullied. The researchers also found that as students get older and go through the different grades that bullying behavior tends to decrease (Dake et al. 2003). A whole school approach which is assessing the problem, planning school conference days, providing better supervision at recess, forming a bullying prevention coordinating group, encouraging parent-teacher meetings, establishing classroom rules against bullying, holding classroom meetings about bullying, requiring talks with the bullies and victims, and scheduling talks with the parents of involved students (Dake et al. 2003) (taken from Christina Murphy,