Looking back and looking forward: implications for making interventions work effectively

Abstract

This volume represents an unprecedented opportunity to reflect on interventions to address bullying problems at school. The contributors have been generous in their willingness to be part of this collective reflection. We benefit from their honesty in not only sharing the highlights of successful outcomes but also in providing rare glimpses of the challenges and disappointments in their well-crafted attempts to reduce problems of bullying among school children. From this vantage-point, we can look back on the efforts in many countries to address this universal problem, and look forward to sketch out intervention, evaluation, and policy strategies for a more-informed and effective collective effort to reduce bullying problems and support healthy relationships among children and youth.