Friendly Schools & Families Materials
The Whole-school Pack
The Friendly Schools & Families Whole-school Pack aims to help school
communities enhance their skills, knowledge and capacity to implement
an evidence-based whole-school approach to the prevention and reduction
of bullying. It also helps schools to engage families in this process.
The Whole-school Pack is divided into six handbooks to provide a systematic plan of 'small steps' for school teams to implement a successful social skill building and bullying reduction program that also addresses the National Safe Schools Framework.
The Whole-school Pack consists of this School Team Handbook and CD ROM, a Parent’s Guide and six component handbooks that are full of resources and school case studies outlining how real schools have successfully reduced bullying and created a Friendly School community environment.
Friendly Schools & Families Team Handbook – ‘Making it work’
This handbook has been designed for school-based pastoral care/behaviour management teams, coordinators and facilitators of the Friendly Schools & Families Program, to guide the program’s effective implementation.
Whole-school Component Handbooks (set of 6)
These handbooks provide strategies and actions for schools to improve social skills and to help reduce bullying through each of the six whole-school components.
- Policy Development
- Ethos
- Student Management & Support
- Classroom Practice
- Family Links
- Physical Environment
CD ROM – ‘Bringing the Program Alive’
This CD ROM provides schools with electronic reproducible program components such as planning, review and reflection documents, newsletter items and assembly item ideas. The CD ROM also includes a PowerPoint presentation that is Tool Kit 3.
Parent’s Guide – ‘Friendly Families’
This booklet provides tips for parents about how to help their children
prevent or deal effectively with bullying. The booklet focuses
on prevention strategies including improving parent/child communication,
building social skills and strategies for managing bullying at
school and in the family.
Section One: Communication: How can I encourage my children to talk with me more often?
Section Two: Understanding Bullying: How can I help my children cope with bullying?
Section Three: Social Skills: How can I help my children improve their social skills?
