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Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

The Olweus [pronounced Ol-VEY-us] Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) is a comprehensive, school-wide program designed for use in elementary, middle, or junior high schools.  Its goals are to reduce and prevent bullying problems among school children and to improve peer relations at school.  The program has been found to reduce bullying among children, improve the social climate of classrooms, and reduce related antisocial behaviors, such as vandalism and truancy.  The Olweus Program has been implemented in more than one dozen countries around the world.

Although this program takes place at school, we need your help, too.  You can talk about bullying and our school’s anti-bullying rules at home or with your child.  We want to work with you to prevent and stop bullying from happening in our school.



OBPP is not a curriculum, but a program that deals with bullying at the schoolwide, classroom, individual, and community levels.

Here is what happens at each level:
Schoolwide
  • Teachers and staff will be trained to use the program and deal with bullying problems.
  • A schoolwide committee will oversee the program.
  • Students will complete a questionnaire to give us information about the amount and type of bullying at our school.
  • All students will follow these four anti-bullying rules:
    1. We will not bully others.
    2. We will try to help students who are bullied.
    3. We will try to include students who are left out.
    4. If we know that somebody is being bullied, we will tell an adult at school and an adult at home.
  • Staff will make sure that all areas of our school where bullying is likely to occur are being watched.
  • There may be schoolwide parent meetings and parent and student events.
In the Classroom
  • The four anti-bullying rules will be taught in all classrooms.
  • Class meetings will be held where students talk about what bullying is.  Students will learn why bullying should not happen.  They will also learn to ask an adult for help if they see or experience bullying.
  • Teachers will use positive and negative consequences for following and not following the four anti-bullying rules.
  • Teachers will work to make the classroom a positive place for students.
For Individuals Who Bully or Who Are Bullied
  • Teachers and other staff will be trained to deal with bullying situations and the students involved.
  • Students who bully others will be given consequences as soon as possible.
  • Students who are bullied will be supported by staff.  They will be told what action will be taken to end the bullying.
  • Teachers and other staff will meet with the parents of students who bully and students who are bullied.
In the Community
  • Our school will be looking for ways to develop partnerships will community members and carry the anti-bullying message community-wide.

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