Bullying Game

B. Berg, Ph.D.

Here is an intervention program for all three roles in the bullying cycle: the victim, the bully, and the bystander. Addressing a variety of issues, game cards help all participants understand the reasons for and consequences of their characteristic behaviours. The game particularly emphasizes bullies’ motivations (e.g. displaced aggression, status-seeking) and victims’ coping strategies (e.g. assertion, distraction).

Therapists can easily tailor the game for use with individual children or homogeneous groups of victims, bullies, or bystanders. Yet it is also useful for mixed groups, particularly in classroom settings where most bullying occurs.