Guidance counsellor strategies for handling bullying
THERAPEUTIC PSYCHOLOGY
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Guidance counsellor strategies for handling bullying
Michleen Power-Elliott & Gregory E. Harris
To cite this article: Michleen Power-Elliott & Gregory E. Harris (2012)
Guidance counsellor strategies for handling bullying, British Journal of
Guidance & Counselling, 40:1, 83-98, DOI:
10.1080/03069885.2011.646947
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2011.646947
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British Journal of Guidance & Counselling,
Vol. 40, No. 1, February 2012, 8398
Guidance counsellor strategies for handling bullying
Michleen Power-Elliott* and Gregory E. Harris
Faculty of Education, Memorial University, St John’s,
Newfoundland, Canada
(Received 16 January 2011; final version received 7 October
2011)
The purpose of this exploratory-descriptive study was to
examine how guidance counsellors in the province of
Newfoundland and Labrador would handle a specific
verbal-relational bullying incident. Also of interest was
guidance counsellor involvement and training in
bullying programmes and Positive Behaviour Supports.
Data for this study was collected using the Handling
Bullying Questionnaire (Bauman, Rigby, & Hoppa,
2008). Results suggested that guidance counsellors
tended to take on various responsibilities in addressing
verbal-relational bullying (e.g. work with victims and
bullies, disciplinary) and tended to enlist the support of
other adults. It is argued that guidance counsellors
assume important roles in addressing school bullying
and that training in this area is critical for guidance
counsellors. Study implications and future research
directions are discussed.
Keywords: guidance counsellors; bullying; bullying
intervention; counsellor dual roles
In Canada, as in other countries, bullying continues to be a
concern in schools and communities. Schools, a microcosm of
society, are struggling to address bullying. Guidance counsellors
are one part of a larger system that impacts on bullying. Some
evidence suggests that guidance counsellors, because of their
THERAPEUTIC PSYCHOLOGY
, lOMoARcPSD|45211451
Guidance counsellor strategies for handling bullying
Michleen Power-Elliott & Gregory E. Harris
To cite this article: Michleen Power-Elliott & Gregory E. Harris (2012)
Guidance counsellor strategies for handling bullying, British Journal of
Guidance & Counselling, 40:1, 83-98, DOI:
10.1080/03069885.2011.646947
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2011.646947
, lOMoAR cPSD| 45211451
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling,
Vol. 40, No. 1, February 2012, 8398
Guidance counsellor strategies for handling bullying
Michleen Power-Elliott* and Gregory E. Harris
Faculty of Education, Memorial University, St John’s,
Newfoundland, Canada
(Received 16 January 2011; final version received 7 October
2011)
The purpose of this exploratory-descriptive study was to
examine how guidance counsellors in the province of
Newfoundland and Labrador would handle a specific
verbal-relational bullying incident. Also of interest was
guidance counsellor involvement and training in
bullying programmes and Positive Behaviour Supports.
Data for this study was collected using the Handling
Bullying Questionnaire (Bauman, Rigby, & Hoppa,
2008). Results suggested that guidance counsellors
tended to take on various responsibilities in addressing
verbal-relational bullying (e.g. work with victims and
bullies, disciplinary) and tended to enlist the support of
other adults. It is argued that guidance counsellors
assume important roles in addressing school bullying
and that training in this area is critical for guidance
counsellors. Study implications and future research
directions are discussed.
Keywords: guidance counsellors; bullying; bullying
intervention; counsellor dual roles
In Canada, as in other countries, bullying continues to be a
concern in schools and communities. Schools, a microcosm of
society, are struggling to address bullying. Guidance counsellors
are one part of a larger system that impacts on bullying. Some
evidence suggests that guidance counsellors, because of their
