Child and Adolescent Wellbeing and Violence Prevention in Schools

This book explores the wide range of ways that educators can understand and promote wellbeing and violence prevention initiatives in schools and communities. Drawing together the two topics of wellbeing and violence prevention, the authors address a broad range of contemporary issues including culture, gender and youth voice.

Phillip T. Slee is Professor of Human Development in the School of Education at Flinders University, Adelaide. He is a trained teacher and registered psychologist with research interests in child and adolescent mental health, and childhood bullying/aggression - especially their practical and policy implications. He has published over 100 refereed papers, 25 book chapters and 15 books including Child Development Theories and critical Perspectives. Grace Skrzypiec is a psychologist, experienced teacher and the recipient of the 2014 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early Career Researchers in recognition of outstanding contributions to excellence in research. Her research focuses on wellbeing in relation to peer aggression, bullying and other antisocial behaviour. She is particularly interested in working with researchers in other countries to reduce the incidence of peer-aggression. Carmel Cefai is the Director of the Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health at the University of Malta. He is Joint Honorary Chair of the European Network for Social and Emotional Competence and joint founding editor of the International Journal of Emotional Education. His research interests are focused on how to create healthy spaces which promote the resilience, wellbeing and psychological wellbeing of children and young people, particularly those at risk.

Dedication Acknowledgements List of contributors List of figures List of tables Preface Marie-Louise Coleira Preca, the President of Malta Chapter 1. Challenges in promoting wellbeing and addressing violence through schools Shelley Hymel, Lindsay Starosta, Randip Gill and Angela Low Section 1: Culture and Wellbeing Chapter 2. Country and wellbeing: Ngarrindjeri speaking as country Steve Hemming and Daryle Rigney Chapter 3. Indigenous Australian youth, identity, Rap/Hip Hop: A tool for wellbeing and ethical care Faye Rosas Blanch Chapter 4. Measuring subjective wellbeing: Findings from Assam wellbeing survey 2013-14 Udoy Saikia, James Chalmers and Gouranga Dasvarma Chapter 5. Giving voice: Creative practice and a living lab approach Alison Wotherspoon and Barbara Spears Section 2: Young Females and Wellbeing Chapter 6. Bullying and blooming: Addressing the challenges faced by adolescent girls experiencing the early onset of puberty Donna Swift Chapter 7. Girls' diminishing wellbeing across the adolescent years Grace Skrzypiec and Helen Askell-Williams Chapter 8. Eve-teasing in the guise of school bullying and cyberbullying Damanjit Sandhu Chapter 9. Adolescent transgression behaviour: Gender differences Grace Skrzypiec Section 3: Bullying, Cyberbullying and Student Violence Chapter 10. Adults' perceptions of bullying in early childhood Marilyn Campbell and Natalie Morgan Chapter 11. Early childhood knowledge and understanding of bullying: An approach for early childhood prevention Lesley-anne Ey and Barbara Spears Chapter 12. "It's just teasing": Responding to conflict in remote Australian schools John Guenther, Samantha Disbray and Sam Osborne Chapter 13. The copying of bystanders with cyberbullying in an adolescent population Georges Steffgen, Andreia P. Costa, and Phillip Slee Section 4: Interventions to Promote Wellbeing Chapter 14. "Surfing the Waves": Building resilience to promote children's mental health Carmel Cefai Chapter 15. Ten ways schools can boost child and adolescent wellbeing when parents separate Jamie Lee Chapter 16. Enhancing the wellbeing of young people: The co-creation of a youth mental health space Kristy Koehne, Allison Hutton, Shane Hough and Christopher Slee Chapter 17. Stop, connect and collaborate: A school based approach to improve student wellbeing Nina Mekisic Section 5: Interventions to Promote Violence Prevention Chapter 18. Framework for prevention: Early interventions to address adolescent violence Jeanette Stott, Rosalie O'Connor, Trevor Cresswell, Mary McKenna, Robin Swalling, Kay Buckley, Sheila Davidson, and Sally Fordham Chapter 19. A model for managing student violence John Maratos Chapter 20. A program logic framework designed to strengthen the impact and fidelity of wellbeing and behavioural interventions Ivan Raymond Chapter 21. Effectiveness of an intervention program for teenage girls with self-harm in Adelaide, South Australia Mubarak, A.R., Joanna Zeitz and Phillip Slee Commentary Chapter Chapter 22. Commentary Catherine Blaya Index