This anti-bullying educational resource is designed to support teachers in addressing the learning outcomes within the Junior Cycle SPHE course that relate to online bullying and abusive behaviour and to empower students to take action against online bullying, through their own positive actions and behaviours.This educational resource should be used as part of a whole education approach to preventing bullying. In delivering these lessons teachers are embedding anti-bullying education within the SPHE curriculum for junior cycle students. Teachers can use this resource:

· to address the anti-bullying learning outcomes of the updated SPHE Junior Cycle course;

· to meet the education and prevention strategy requirements of the Cineáltas: Action Plan on Bullying;

· to encourage positive and safer use of technology by young people;

· to empower young people to take ownership of addressing the issue of bullying in their local environment through running awareness campaigns;

· to engage students in the development of a school’s Anti-Bullying Policy and its Online Safety Guidelines and Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP).

The Respect Effect is supported by video materials created by Webwise and an accompanying PowerPoint presentation.