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Understanding Digital Teens – Safety, Supervision and Sharing

27th January 2015 @ 9:15 am - 4:00 pm

A one-day Children in Wales course

A non-sensationalist approach that looks at the evidence and examines the risks and benefits of internet use, as well as looking at the practical ways to help parents and workers to support young people to stay safe online. The course is divided into two parts. The first looks at the opportunities and threats around teenager’s use of the internet and examines the conflicting and sometimes contradictory evidence. The second looks at the practical ways in which adults can support and protect young people including; setting parental controls, use of passwords, how to record and report incidents and helping children and young people identify risks and to protect themselves.

 

Topics include:

  • What are teens up to on the internet?
  • Understanding Social Networking, its risks and why it is so important to the lives of modern teenagers.
  • Do violent games make children violent?
  • Sex, abuse and the internet
  • Life style blogs; pro-ana, self-harming and suicide sites
  • Internet addiction, does it exist and how should it be treated?
  • How internet illiterate adults can help tech-savvy teens grow up safely in a digitally connected world

Suitable for all those working with teenagers and their families in non-structured settings including; Communities First, Families First, youth workers, afterschool clubs and play workers as well as foster carers and parents.

Find out more and book your place via the Children in Wales website.

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Date:
27th January 2015
Time:
9:15 am - 4:00 pm
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Merthyr Tydfil
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