Author Description

"Over the last ten years or so Australian schools have been copiously supplied with resources for countering bullying and harassment. These have been provided by both educational jurisdictions and the multitude of writers and researchers who have sought to give advice to schools and occasionally to parents. These resources have taken many forms. Rarely, however, have we heard from teachers and counsellors in schools, the very people who encounter and, in practical ways, seek to solve the endlessly recurring problem of what to do about bullying. This book focuses especially on teacher perspectives and addresses the quesiton of what Australian schools are actually doing about peer victimisation"--P. iv.