Guidelines

Although it is known that bullying is present in all of the schools, it is necessary that each school check the level of prevalence of the problem in their particular school. Bullying is sustained by two rules: the rule of dominion-submission and the rule of silence. The rule of silence is a rule typical of peer relations, as it is of common thought that things that happen between pupils must be kept among them. Headteachers, thus, can not perceive the problem, but the problem can to be there. In order to verify the level of prevalence of the phenomenon, it is necessary to have right instruments and choose those that may offer relevant information for our action plan. Therefore, the steps to follow will be to choose the instruments or group of instruments to be used.

• to decide the target groups to whom they will be handed out: pupils, teachers and families.
• to design the conditions of data collection: whether individual or collective, and on a no name basis or not.
• to codify and synthesize the information provided by the different informants.
• to meet the group of teachers to present the results of the results and interpret the causes or factors that are facilitating the existence of the problem.
• to perform tutorial sessions in the classes with all of the pupils, so that they can help to complete the interpretation of the results and identify the reasons why the existence of this kind of phenomena is being facilitated.
• to inform and sensitize the families and to enable them to contribute to the interpretation of the results and the identification of the risk factors.