Prevention and combating cyber bullying and internet violence among youth

Prevention and combating cyber bullying and internet violence among youth
– manual for youth workers –
Workshop 9: Assess the situation
Duration of the workshop: 90 minutes
Materials needed: Flipchart paper, regular pieces of paper, pens/pencils, tape, and copies
of Workshop 9 resource sheet.
Aim
Discuss and practice negotiation skills and skills for resolving conflicts that can be useful when
we talk about cyber bullying and online violence.
Guide for facilitator
Before the session, prepare two pieces of flipchart paper with data from the Workshop
9 resource sheet.
Conduct a brainstorming activity with the participants about usual conflict scenarios
that they face in their relationships and community, but in online world. Prompt participants to
think about different types of relationships such as between partners, parent/child,
boss/employer, neighbours, etc.
Divide the participants into small groups. Give each group one of the conflict scenarios,
which you have brainstormed in the previous step.
Display the flipchart paper titled “Ways to resolve a conflict” and explain that each
group should write a short skit to explain how they would use one of the methods from the
flipchart to resolve their conflict scenario.
Invite the groups to present their skit and ask the participants to identify different
methods of conflict resolution.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different methods with the participants.
Display the flipchart paper titled “Four steps of successful negotiation with a positive
outcome for both sides (Win-Win)“.
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