The Conference lasts three days and will comprise three types of session:

n   7 conference plenary sessions without debates or questions from the floor. Each conference lasts 45 minutes.

n   2 plenary sessions organised around exchanges and discussions: one round table and the general meting of the International Observatory of Violence in Schools.

n   About one hundred papers grouped into 5 themes organised around a number of sessions of workshops. Each speaker will have 45 minutes for their conference and debates with the floor.

The papers are divided into 5 themes.

Each theme is organised around a number of different sessions of workshops.

·        Theme 1: Measurement, prevalence and definitions of school violence

o       Methodology and criticism of sources

o       Violence seen by the pupils

o       Prevalence of violence / bullying (1)

o       Prevalence of violence / bullying (2)

·        Theme 2: Programmes, practice and policies to prevent school violence

o       Programmes 1

o       Programmes 2

o       Programmes 3

·        Theme 3: Family, school and social environment

o       School and the social environment (1)

o       School and the social environment (2)

o       School and the social environment (3)

·        Theme 4: Aetiology and consequences of violence in schools

o       Risk factors and social exclusion

o       The consequences of violence in schools

o       Violence and school climate

o       School drop-out, violence and behavioural disorders

·        Theme 5: Teacher training

o       Training (1)

o       Training (2)

Symposiums

Two symposiums are proposed:

·        Symposium A: Direct and indirect effects of school violence on different forms of maladjustment in early adolescence

·        Symposium B: The policy-maker, the school, the pupil and the teacher: a socio-cultural perspective on best practice