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The Norwegian Education Act states that everyone working at the school must report to the principal if they suspect or know that a pupil is not feeling safe at school, or in worst case being bullied. The school must investigate the case as soon as possible and rectify the situation with appropriate measures.
The regulation in the Education Act also applies in After School Programs (ASP), where more than 70 percent of all Norwegian school children aged 6-9 attend before and after school. In Norway, ASP is usually part of the school organization. Because mostly of the youngest children attend both school and ASP, and it is most likely to assume that if a child is bullied at school, this increases the risk for being bullied at ASP and vice versa. Despite this, there is little or no research on whether and how ASP is involved in schools' efforts to detect and stop bullying. This study aims to fill this gap, as it investigates how the schools involve ASP in their efforts to detect and stop bullying.
The study is based on semi-structured interviews with a convenient sample of principals and ASP leaders, focusing on how these leaders promote that personnel from both arenas closely work together to detect and stop bullying.
Practical implications for schools involving the ASP in the work to detect and stop bulling and future research will be discussed.
Keywords
Bullying intervention, schools, after school program
| Please also indicate what kind of contribution it is: | Scientific |
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| Please indicate what type of scientific contribution it is | Qualitative method study |
