STRATEGY FOR THE PREVENTION OF BULLYING AND CYBERBULLYING OF AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN THE ADOLESCENT ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The increasing role of cyberspace in the life of modern teenagers actualizes a problem of bullying and cyberbullying as a new type of violence at school. The article reveals the meaning of the concept of crime prevention in an educational organization. Types of prevention, such as prevention, suppression, correction, are considered. Prevention as a method of preventive activity is of particular importance in an educational organization, since it excludes the use of coercive measures to prevent bullying and cyberbullying. To solve the problem of bullying and cyberbullying in the adolescent environment, it is necessary to develop a system of activities of an educational organization to resolve it. Such system of actions can be defined as a strategy of an educational organization for prevention of cyberbullying in adolescent environment. Specifics of the activities of an educational organization for the prevention of bullying and cyberbullying are determined by the following principles: goal-setting, consistency, objectivity, optimality, non-linearity. The article shows relationship between the concepts of bullying and cyberbullying. One of the tools for implementing the strategy of bullying prevention in the adolescent environment, at present, is a mediation method. Adolescence causes activation of educational potential of an educational organization in prevention of bullying and cyberbullying, since at this age it is important to form positive interaction, both at the group and individual level.