Involvement of students with special needs in bullying

Abstract

With the current educational legislation in which the inclusive education has been among the main aim of the compulsory education, the answer to the Special Educational Needs Student has improved. However, some studies, show that students with autism or hyperactivity mainly are stating that not all are advantages, but this type of schooling also certain risks can be derived, for example, greater involvement in school violence. This study aims to examine the involvement in bullying of pupils with SEN, comparing it with the total sample and to examine the possible relationship of this involvement with the school climate and having classmates with SEN. For this, 627 students of ESO (46.3% girls) in the province of Seville (Spain) completed the European Bullying Questionnaire and Delaware School Climate Survey. Remarkably, the absence of significant differences in involvement in bullying between groups and the differential role of school climate perceptions of the three subgroups: general students, students with specifics needs of educational support and students with SEN. The results are discussed in relation with previous ones.

CITE AS:

Martos Carmona, A. & Del Rey Alamillo, R. (2013). Implicación del alumnado con necesidades específicas de apoyo educativo en bullying. Apuntes de Psicología, 31, 183-190.