Overcoming Bullying

Approximately one in four Year 4 to Year 9 Australian students (25%) reported being bullied every few weeks (or even more frequently) in a national study in 2009.

The bullying and ostracism Sumaya endured as a 7 year-old led to social anxiety. Sumaya will talk about how she survived bullying, anxiety and exclusion and prospered when she felt as though she had no one she could turn to.

Topics covered:

• Bullying
• Resilience
• Overcoming adversity