1. Blowing the Whistle on Bullying Disabled Children and Young People

2. SEND: developing effective anti- bullying practice From 2013 – 2015 the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) will be working in partnership with Achievement for All, Contact a Family, Mencap and the Council for Disabled Children on an exciting new programme of work to reduce the incidence and impact of bullying on children with special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities in schools. We plan to do this by: – improving practice in schools – lead by Achievement for All; – early intervention through support for parents and carers – lead by Contact a Family and working with Mencap; – disseminating information to the wider sector – lead by ABA; and – ensuring our training and resources are influenced and informed by children and young people with SEND themselves – lead by Council for Disabled Children This project is funded by the Department for Education.

3. MODULE 1 What is Bullying?

4. What is

5. The Facts

6. Physical Verbal Emotional Sexual Bullying Can Be

7. Bullying Can Be cont: Online/cyber Discriminatory Indirect

8. Effects of persistent bullying

9. Particular issues for disabled children and young people Socialisation Early experiences Exploitation Manipulation False friends Communication

10. Possible signs

11. Why children and young people may not tell

12. MODULE 2 Taking things further Working with schools and other places

13. Advice to Schools DfE Advice 2011 Schools need to consult with the Ofsted School Inspection “Evaluation Schedule of Judgements”

14. Advice to Schools cont… Anti Bullying policy

15. Parent Partnership Services Every Local Authority has to have a parent partnership service They will be able to support / assist with bullying issues related to your child’s SEN or disability

16. Statutory Responsibilities. The Education Act 2002 The Education and Inspections Act 2006 Children Act 1989 The Equality Act 2010 Malicious Communications Act Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Human Rights Act 1998 Crime and Disorder Act 1998 Public Order Act 1986 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

17. Schools Governing Bodies Ofsted / Department for Education /Education Funding Agency Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB)

18. MODULE 3 Supporting your child Building your child’s resilience Practical steps for parent carers.

19. What children and young people tell us

20. Developing children’s resilience

21. Cyber bullying

22. Be prepared Before you need to use them equip yourself with – Knowledge about schools policies and proceures – Awareness of signs and symptoms – Knowing what your child thinks is helpful

23. Responding to your child Stay calm (!) Listen and let them tell their whole story Don’t promise to keep things secret Encourage them to help think about a solution

24. What can Parents do?

25. Working with the school

26. Where to get extra help Helpline –Free phone 0808 808 3555 (9.30 – 5pm Mon-Fri) email: helpline@cafamily.org.uk helpline@cafamily.org.uk Local information:

27. Final Thoughts “Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.” - Benjamin Disraeli “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will”. Mahatma Gandi. ”Dear anyone getting bullied, never lose hope. Please don’t ever give up. It does get better, no matter what you think” Anonymous young person

28. Contact us To support this work and to ensure we are sharing our resources and learning we have created an ”information hub” which, over the course of the programme, will house lots of resources and information. You can find it here: http://www.anti- bullyingalliance.org.uk/1198http://www.anti- bullyingalliance.org.uk/1198 You can also sign up to our monthly bulletin, which starts in September 2013, about the project and other SEND/bullying news via the link above. To discuss any area of the programme please contact Martha Evans, Programme Lead at the Anti-Bullying Alliance at mevans@ncb.org.uk or by calling 020 7843 6083. mevans@ncb.org.uk