The change of children bullying at school before and after the application of prevention programme

SUMMARY The change of children bulying at scool before and after the application of prevention programme The aim of this work is to present researches, made in different countries of the world and in Lithuania as well, the data of which shows the level of abuse and the pecularities of this phenomenon. The aim is also to acknowledge with already existing prevention against violence and abuse programmes, with the methodics of their application and realization at schools, to evaluate the change of kids‘abuse at schools before and after the application of the prevention programme. In the process of work the following hypothesis was developed and checked: the implementation of the prevention against abuses programme will give positive results, that is it will lessen the level of abuse at school. The participants. The pupils from Anykščiai district A.Vienuolis gymnasium participated in the research For the first time, in the year 2006 the questionnairies were filled in by 400 pupils from 5-9 classes: 215 boys and 185 girls. For the second time in the year 2008 the same questionnaire was filled in also by 400 pupils , studying in 7-11 classes (215 boys and 185 girls). Methodsi. Questionnaire about abuse. Its aim is to establish the phenomenon of involvment into abuse. The prevention against abuse programme, the main aim of which is to lessen the phenomenon of abuse and the possibilities of spreading it in the gymnasium. In order to make the programme it was directed towards the three level main parts: school, class, individual. The process of the work. The beginning was in February 2006 - the end in April, 2008 The first stage – questionnaire for children in 2006. The second stage – implementation of the prevention programme. The third stage the repeated questionnaire for children after the implementation of the prevention programme. - Conclusion. The obtained research data shows, that, comparing childrens‘answers in 2006 with those in 2008 we can see the tendency, that children felt safer, they experienced less abuse they tended to abuse less the others themselves in 2008 and these differences are statistically important. This shows, that we can make a presumption that the implementation of prevention programmes at schools can lessen the phenomenon of abuse and the spread of it