Learning Academy
We offer free anti-bullying training for anyone working with, or caring for, children and young people.
Adults have an important role to play in supporting children affected by bullying. For many children, knowing that there is an adult that they can trust to help them if they are impacted by bullying is an essential part of coping with it. For some children however, stigmatising attitudes about bullying and discrimination can create barriers and make getting the right support difficult. We want to help ensure that all adults who are involved in the lives of children are informed, supportive and aware of bullying so that they know what to do to help.
Our free digital training will help you gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to respond effectively to children and young people affected by bullying.
We’re encouraging all adults to take our Understanding Bullying and Responding to Bullying digital training courses which will help you to:
- Identify why addressing bullying is essential
- Describe what bullying is
- Recognise types of bullying behaviour
- Recognise the role of prejudice in bullying
- Understand how promoting positive relationships is essential to preventing bullying
- Apply a children’s rights-based approach to supporting children affected by bullying
- Identify unhelpful personal attitudes and responses to bullying
- Develop your understanding and ability to use approaches that support children and young people’s wellbeing when affected by bullying
- Recognise solution focused approaches to addressing bullying
- Understand the important role of policy and procedures when responding to bullying
Throughout our training, you’ll hear from young people, professionals and parents about their experiences and insights in relation to bullying to support your learning and practice.
This training offers a solid foundation of understanding and learning around anti-bullying that you can use whatever role you play in children and young people’s lives. You can explore and complete each short course at your own pace, and the system will be able to save your progress as you go along.
How can I access respectme’s Learning Academy?
New learners can register to access respectme’s Learning Academy free training courses and get started. In additional to accessing our eLearning suite of courses, you’ll also gain access to our all our resources and materials for Anti-Bullying Week 2024, and be able to view our ‘reward’ platform.
Existing learners can sign in here.
Access our courses
Understanding Bullying
This online training will introduce you to the key themes contained in ‘Respect for All, The National Approach to Anti-Bullying for Scotland’s Children and Young People’ and focus on helping learners to build a solid foundation of knowledge about what bullying is and of important associated issues.
Responding to Bullying
This online training will look in detail at the knowledge and range of practical skills required to respond effectively to bullying. Learners will introduce you to respectme’s RESPECT model for responding to bullying, designed to help you identify and remember the key elements that make up a high quality, effective response to bullying.
Future developments
Our Learning Academy will be a dynamic resource, evolving with new courses and opportunities over time. We will also offer a Training Calendar of face-to-face and online inputs from November 2024 onwards.
We would love to hear your feedback and ideas on what you’d like to see here. Email your views and suggestions to training@respectme.org.uk.
