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22II ANTI-BULLYING MEASURES AT SCHOOL AND AT HOMEMEASURES AT SCHOOLKiVa Antibullying programKiVa is a research-based program that has been developed as an anti-bullying tool for educators. The program is aimed at comprehensive education and students aged 6 to 16 years old.Measures at the schoolThe KiVa program provides school staff with information about bullying and how to intervene in it, and aims to engage all adults in the school in anti-bullying work. The program includes material for school meeting days and parents%u2019 or guardians%u2019 evenings, as well as training and orientation for school staff. Break supervisors wear reflective vests that increase their visibility on the school premises and remind both students and personnel themselves of their important task to take care of everyone%u2019s safety. At each school, students and staff members complete a survey every year and receives its own school-specific feedback on their bullying and well-being situation. The feedback includes information about, for example, how many students have been bullied or bullied others, but also about the well-being of the students in general and the extent to which the measures included in the KiVa program have been implemented during the school year.Measures in a classroomIn primary school, the KiVa program includes lessons according to the age of the students (for 6 to 9-year-olds and 10 to 12-year-olds). There are in total ten double lessons: one for each month, delivered during the school year. Each school has its own practices regarding which grades and how often lessons are held. In upper secondary or middle school (children aged 13 to 16), KiVa themes are implemented either in the form of lessons or theme days. During the KiVa lessons, respectful behavior, teamwork, and bullying are discussed, and various exercises and different kinds of group work are implemented. The lessons and themes are supplemented by various games: some are digital, and some are discussions in small groups in the classroom.