Certificate in Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying

With the ever-increasing rise of digital technology, cyberbullying is becoming more prevalent in education settings. It is important to be aware that children can abuse other children in school, out of school, or online. Establishing a whole school approach to cyberbullying, supported with a policy, will allow students, parents, and teachers to feel more confident in reporting and managing an incident when it arises.

Developed by Dr Claire Sutherland, online safety consultant, educator, and researcher, this prevention of cyberbullying training course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to improve your understanding of cyberbullying behaviours required to identify, prevent, and respond to incidents of cyberbullying.

Please note: This course consists of learning through video, task completion and further reading/research.Please consider this when planning and allocating your time. To successfully understand and achieve the objectives of the course, learners are expected to engage in all aspects of the learning process to ensure they can successfully apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own setting.

Designed in line with the following policies: 

• Equality Act 2010
• Keeping children safe in education, DfE

Important note for non-UK learners: Although this preventing and responding to cyberbullying training course for schools reflects best practice principles and might be useful for learners outside the UK, please note that it is based solely on UK guidance and legislation. Please make sure you also adhere to relevant legislation applicable in your own country.