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Today

• We will be looking at how to work with children and young people to support their safety

Our Objectives

• Explain the risks and possible consequences of children using the internet and mobile phones

• Recommend ways to reduce these risks• Analyse the importance of supporting

resilience in children and young people.• Design methods to ensure children are

empowered to protect themselves

“By 2012 every household in Britain should have access to broadband”

(Prime Minister Gordon Brown, 2009)

What concerns are there for children using the internet and

mobile phones?

Byron Review 2008

• What was the purpose of this review?

• Main areas of recomendations

How can you reduce the risks to children and young people using the

Internet, social networking, buying on line and using a mobile phone?

Complete the table with methods to reduce the risks

E-Safety

• Keeping YOU safe

How can we support children to reduce the likelihood of abuse?

Definitions 4 small groups

• Resilience

• Assertive

• Self-confidence

• Self-esteem

Please read pages 128-130 in the text book

For each term explain how you will support the child and why this is

important for safeguarding

ResilienceSelf-confidenceSelf-esteem

Review of Learning

• Bullet point the ways children can be empowered to protect themselves and to make appropriate decisions

• Why is it vitally important that children are empowered and have these strategies?

Putting it into practice

• Design an activity that will promote children’s assertiveness

Our Objectives

• Explain the risks and possible consequences of children using the internet and mobile phones

• Recommend ways to reduce these risks• Analyse the importance of supporting

resilience in children and young people.• Design methods to ensure children are

empowered to protect themselves

Homework

• Find out about programmes available from the – NSPCC– Barnardos– Kidscape

which promote children's assertiveness, you could refer to these in your assignment

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