Why Talk Up
Benefits for the school
Domestic Violence (DV) prevention work can have immediate benefits for school life:
- Giving teachers enhanced skills to deal with intrapersonal conflicts, such as bullying
- Helping students to recognise domestic violence and bullying and empowering them to take action against it
- Helping to further improve the co-operation and negotiation skills of students
- Helping students to further understand the impact of their behaviour on others
- Helping students to take responsibility for their own behaviour
- Helping students to think about the links between this and other areas of their learning
- Helping students to develop skills in conflict resolution