<p>This study deals with an important and challenging issue that each school is facing today, that is the prevention work of bullying. The purpose is to investigate how two elementary schools define bullying and how the work of prevention looks like today. The study highlights two models, Farsta and Friends, that many schools follows in their work and struggle against bullying. We conducted this study by looking at how bullying looks at two elementary schools. How these schools developed working method in order to secure a safe environment for all children in the school.</p><p>The findings in this study highlighted the involvement of these two schools in the work of prevention against bullying, which methods they used and how these schools worked intensively with organisations such as Friends. As a conclusion we want to say that there is an excellent work that is going on in these schools but the struggle is not over.</p>

<p><p>The purpose of this study was to show how two schools from a municipality in greater Stockholm work with a document called "likabehandlingsplan", literally „plan for equal treatment‟. This document is required by law in Swedish schools and a part of each municipality‟s program. The goal of the study was to see how teachers and school principals view and work with the plan as a part of their work in preventing discrimination and offensive behavior, in particular in dealing with problems with bullying.<p> </p><p>The two schools‟ plans were compared for similarities and differences and how they chose to follow the municipality‟s guidelines was examined. In-depth interviews were made with two teachers and two principals. These were taped, transcribed and compared.<p> </p><p>The results showed that the two schools‟ plans were similar as to goals and the importance the teachers and principals attach to this work. The results of the interviews showed that the teachers/principals have a good knowledge about bullying and well-developed techniques for dealing with it and that they are dedicated in their work to prevent bullying. They are aware of problems that occur when school personnel are not present. Working with the "plan for equal treatment" has been an important part of their work towards their goal of preventing and treating bullying.<p> </p><p> </p></p></p></p></p>

The purpose of this study was to show how two schools from a municipality in greater Stockholm work with a document called "likabehandlingsplan", literally „plan for equal treatment‟. This document is required by law in Swedish schools and a part of each municipality‟s program. The goal of the study was to see how teachers and school principals view and work with the plan as a part of their work in preventing discrimination and offensive behavior, in particular in dealing with problems with bullying.  The two schools‟ plans were compared for similarities and differences and how they chose to follow the municipality‟s guidelines was examined. In-depth interviews were made with two teachers and two principals. These were taped, transcribed and compared.  The results showed that the two schools‟ plans were similar as to goals and the importance the teachers and principals attach to this work. The results of the interviews showed that the teachers/principals have a good knowledge about bullying and well-developed techniques for dealing with it and that they are dedicated in their work to prevent bullying. They are aware of problems that occur when school personnel are not present. Working with the "plan for equal treatment" has been an important part of their work towards their goal of preventing and treating bullying.

This study deals with an important and challenging issue that each school is facing today, that is the prevention work of bullying. The purpose is to investigate how two elementary schools define bullying and how the work of prevention looks like today. The study highlights two models, Farsta and Friends, that many schools follows in their work and struggle against bullying. We conducted this study by looking at how bullying looks at two elementary schools. How these schools developed working method in order to secure a safe environment for all children in the school. The findings in this study highlighted the involvement of these two schools in the work of prevention against bullying, which methods they used and how these schools worked intensively with organisations such as Friends. As a conclusion we want to say that there is an excellent work that is going on in these schools but the struggle is not over.