4th World Conference VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL AND PUBLIC POLICIES

Between 23^rd and 25^th of June 2008 the 4th World Conference "Violence at School and Public Policies" will take place in Lisbon.

The main focus of this year’s conference will be the context of school violence. An important aspect will be also to define efficient practice so as to establish the most salient variables for preventing or dealing with violence and aggressive behavior at school. There will be five main themes:

· The present state of affairs both nationally and

internationally.

· Explanatory models of school violence.

· School violence, the family and the community.

· Public practice, programs and policies.

· Relationships with educational practice.

These are the topics which participants are invited to submit proposals on.

The proposals must reach the scientific committee by 5 December 2007 and the final decision about them will be made public on 25 January 2007.

Electronic address, where you can find all the necessary information as well as the address of the conference’s secretariat, is www.fmh.utl.pt/icvs2008, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana.

All the details are to be found it the document attached below.