“Indifference is his strength”, a day against bullying and cyberbullying in Olbia

Bullying and cyberbullying , online safety, hate speech, addictions to the internet and electronic devices, criminal consequences of bullying, pedagogical interventions within schools. Tomorrow, starting at 9am, the “Amsicora” Higher Institute of Olbia presents a morning of in-depth studies on various topics with interventions by expert professionals. On the occasion of the National Day against bullying and cyberbullying , and in conjunction with the International Day of online safety, students of the 2nd year, course of study in "Health and social assistance services" take to the field with the project “Indifference is his strength”; meeting-debate where the results of a questionnaire administered to middle school children and children from the IIS Amsicora will be reported, they will perform a monologue and present the results of research on the psychological effects of bullying in adolescents and adults.

This will be followed by the presentation and award ceremony of the winning drawings and graphics of the competition on the theme of combating bullying and cyber bullying and aimed at lower secondary schools in Gallura and the students of Amsicora. Hundreds of works created by students of the Olbia Comprehensive Institute, of the "Armando Diaz" and "Ettore Pais" middle schools and of the San Teodoro Comprehensive Institute and selected by a jury of experts. Those chosen will be used to create a series of murals on the topic of bullying and cyber bullying outside the IPIA headquarters in Olbia.

Over 400 children will participate in the day which will see, after the greetings of the director Gianluca Corda, some interventions by the teachers including Ciro Punzo, Alfonsina Secci, Alberto Trincucci, Maddalena Mannu, Paola Sechi, and Veronica Asara. This is followed by the contributions of the representatives of the Postal Police and Carabinieri, of the journalist Caterina De Roberto, of the delegate of the Social Service Office for Minors of the Ministry of Justice, Dr. Gabriele Virdis, of the clinical pedagogist Andrea Mastino, and, finally, of the representatives of the world of sport, Giovanni Urgu and Gabriele Manunta.