Engl. transl.: ViSC Social Competence Program

"Goals and target groups of the ViSC program In accordance with the Austrian national strategy, the main goal of the ViSC program is to reduce aggressive behavior and bullying and foster social and intercultural competencies in schools. The ViSC program is a primary preventive program designed for secondary schools. In Austria, secondary schools serve grades 5 to 8, with students aged eleven to fifteen years. The ViSC program intends to install the mission of the national strategy, Together Against Violence, as a commonly shared principle in schools, approaches the school as a whole, and uses a systemic perspective. The prevention of aggression and bullying is defined as a school development task, and the initial implementation of the program lasts one school year. During the first semester, the program covers interventive and preventive measures at the school, and teachers are the primary target group (see Table 6.1). Preventive measures at the class level are introduced to the teachers during the second semester. During this semester, the target groups are both teachers and students." (Strohmeier/Hoffmann/Schiller/Stefanek/Spiel, 2018, 72-73)