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In this episode, we hear from Dr Natalie Swayn, Chair of the Safe and Supportive School Communities Working Group.
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Mentioned:
• what the research says is effective in preventing bullying
• what Australia is working on to prevent bullying at a national level
• the biggest challenge the Working Group faces and why
• why we have an Australian Student Wellbeing Framework
• measuring effectiveness of bullying prevention in schools
• positive behaviour for learning.

In this episode, we hear from Dr Natasha Pearce, Senior Research Fellow at the Telethon Kids Institute.
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Mentioned:
• Whole school approaches to bullying prevention
• Peak risk times for being bullied
• Friendly Schools approach
• A recent trial and what it means for bullying prevention

In this episode, we hear from Louise Arseneault, Professor of developmental psychology at King's college, London.
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Mentioned:
• What cohort studies show about bullying contributing to kids’ mental health problems
• Risk factors in being bullied
• What comes first: mental health problems, or being bullied?
• Mental health problems in childhood and adulthood
• Resilience and the importance of strong family relationships

In the cactus will return on 16 July.

In this episode, we hear from Dr Erin Burke Quinlan, Lecturer at the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, and IMAGEN Project Coordinator, at King’s College London.
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Mentioned:
- IMAGEN, one of the first longitudinal studies of adolescents
- Peer victimisation and bullying
- Why study adolescents and the brain?
- Chronic peer victimisation and brain volume changes
- Implications for bullying prevention and research.

In this episode hear from Gillian Kreuiter, Manager of Cyberbullying and Cyber abuse at the Office of the eSafety Commissioner in Australia. Find out more at www.esafety.gov.au.
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Mentioned:
- What is cyberbullying?
- Signs of cyberbullying
- Bystanders
- Sextortion and how to report it
- Illegal and harmful content and how to report it
- Reporting to social media sites.