Scout Leadership Course Session Overview
Repeatedly, youth leaders bring up concerns over their ability to tackle the inappropriate behaviour of their peers. Although covered in more detail in the Advance Course, this course looks at Bullying as a specific issue.
Time to allocate for this session
30 minutes
Recomended programming for this session
This session can take place at any time, but is perhaps best suited to the end of the course when the participants have covered many of their issues already.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the session, Scouts will:
- Identify different types of bullying
- Know the cause and effect of bullying in the Scout Troop
- show practical ways to avoid bullying, support victims and handle bullies
- have an opportunity to highlight and discuss any other basic Troop / PL management issues
Content to be Covered
During the session, you must cover:
- A definition of bullying
- Management methods for dealing with bullying
- An open forum to discuss any other Troop / PL management issues
Training Leaders
Leaders attending for training purposes should:
- Understand that bullying can and does affect every Troop at different times
- Recognise the signs and know how to support the Troop Council in handling the issue
- Understand where the line lies between allowing youth leadership to handle a situation and stepping in as an adult to resolve it
Suggested Activities and Resources
Here are some recomended activities for this session:
| Activity | Type of activity | Resources |
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| Activity Choice 1: Role Play | Participating in a play about resolving bullying. |
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| Activity Choice 2: Discussion Session | Open forum on the topic. |
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| Activity Choice 3: Specialist visitor | A talk about bullying and its effects. |
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| Activity Choice 4: A bit of bully | An active game to highlight bullying. |
Participant Handouts
Resources that can be printed or included on a disk to take home:
There is no handout for this session.Measuring Success
The session outcomes will have been achieved if:
- Scouts can define bullying
- Scouts can show their role as a leader in handling bullying issues
- Scouts can talk openly and maturely about issues such as bullying that affect their day to day life in the Troop and give strategies to deal with this
