Additional anti-bullying training for parents

The protection of children from bullying — in and out of school — may be helped by another 100 training sessions for parents.

The additional courses being run by the two national parents’ councils should also help families better deal with schools if situations related to bullying arise with their schools.

They are being funded by the Department of Education, which is giving an additional €55,000 for the anti-bullying parent training programme that has seen thousands of people attend more than 100 sessions last year.