Seasons Greetings from FVWL RIC. Wishing you all a happy and restful holiday when it comes!
From everyone at Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative.
Seasons Greetings from FVWL RIC. Wishing you all a happy and restful holiday when it comes!
From everyone at Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative.
Please see below for Digital Wellbeing Updates-
Planning Event, 22nd NovemberSafer Internet Day 2023 Planning Event Scotland Tickets, Tue 22 Nov 2022 at 13:00 | Eventbrite Educational Resources UK Safer Internet Centre has released a set of online safety educational resources to support professionals working with or for children and young people. The resources are tailored to 3– to 18-year-olds and include lesson plans, assemblies, games and other activities for children.Educational Resources – UK Safer Internet Centre
At this free hybrid event for Scotland you’ll hear from UK Safer Internet Centre, Internet Watch Foundation and Ofcom about the Safer Internet Day campaign, free educational materials and the latest trends and research into children’s online lives.Safer Internet Day Planning Event, 22nd NovemberSafer Internet Day 2023 Planning Event Scotland Tickets, Tue 22 Nov 2022 at 13:00 | Eventbrite
At this free hybrid event for Scotland, you’ll hear from UK Safer Internet Centre, Internet Watch Foundation and Ofcom about the Safer Internet Day campaign, free educational materials and the latest trends and research into children’s online lives. Book your ticket to watch the livestream or attend in person in Edinburgh on 22nd NovemberChildline campaign to help children at risk of sexual exploitation The Full Story | ChildlineLeah’s Story | The Full Story | Childline – YouTube Online harm and abuse – findings and learning from case reviews NSPCC Learning has published a summary of findings and learning around online harm and abuse from case reviews published between 2015 and 2022.Online harm and abuse: learning from case reviews | NSPCC Learning
Childline has launched a new campaign ‘The Full Story’ to connect more young people at risk of, or experiencing sexual exploitation with Childline. Short films using real Childline cases and posters have been developed to support the campaign.Victim blaming languageChallenging victim blaming language and behaviours when dealing with the online experiences of children and young people – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Safer Internet Day Planning Event, 22nd November At this free hybrid event for Scotland, you’ll hear from UK Safer Internet Centre, Internet Watch Foundation and Ofcom about the Safer Internet Day campaign, free educational materials and the latest trends and research into children’s online lives. Book your ticket to watch the livestream or attend in person in Edinburgh on 22nd NovemberSafer Internet Day 2023 Planning Event Scotland Tickets, Tue 22 Nov 2022 at 13:00 | Eventbrite Responding to nude image sharing: elearning course NSPCC Learning has launched a new course to help designated child protection leads understand the risks around children sharing nude images and how to respond appropriately. Please note there is a charge to undertake this course.Sharing nudes and semi-nudes training | NSPCC Learning Digital Resilience The University of East Anglia (UEA) has conducted research in England on how to help children ages 8-12 recognise, manage and recover from online harm.Using a socio-ecological framework to understand how 8–12-year-olds build and show digital resilience: A multi-perspective and multimethod qualitative study | SpringerLink
The UK Council for Internet Safety has produced guidance for professionals in education settings on how to effectively challenge victim blaming language and behaviours when talking about the online experiences.Safer Internet Day -Theme Announced !Theme announced for Safer Internet Day 2023! – UK Safer Internet Centre
The UKSIC has announced the theme for next year’s Safer Internet Day, taking place on 07 February 2023. The theme, ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’ will focus on encouraging children and young people to shape the online safety support that they receive.Protecting Children OnlineProtecting children and young people online – Cyber ScotlandCyberSprinters – NCSC.GOV.UK Cyberbullying The online security company McAfee has published a report exploring the extent of cyberbullying that children face in different parts of the world (including in the UK). Cyberbullying in Plain Sight (mcafee.com) Child Sexual Abuse Imagery The Guardian reports on new data from The Internet Watch Foundation on child sexual abuse imagery in the first six months of 2022 in the UK.Huge rise in self-generated child sexual abuse content online, report finds | Internet safety | The Guardian Online Extremism and Radicalisation The Guardian has published a news story on its investigation into children exposed to online extremism and radicalisation by far-right groups online.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/03/revealed-uk-children-ensnared-far-right-ecosystem-online
CyberScotland have published a blog for parents on ‘Protecting Children and young people online’ with a link to an interactive online security challenge from the National Cyber Security Centre, aimed at 7-11 year olds
Online safety and the dark web
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command (CEOP) of the National Crime Agency (NCA) has released resources for use by professionals and parents and carers to understand the dark web. Dark Web Explained (thinkuknow.co.uk) (for professionals) The Dark Web Explained (thinkuknow.co.uk) (for parents and carers)
Keeping Children Safe: Tackling Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour Online Conference
This free online conference from Stop It Now! Scotland takes place on Monday 27th June 14:00 – 17:00. This online conference will showcase learning from Reducing Online Sexual Abuse (ROSA) project that ran between 2018 and 2021 in Glasgow. The conference aims to reach practitioners and operational and strategic managers in social care, education, police and health settings. Keep Children Safe : Tackling Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour Tickets, Mon 27 Jun 2022 at 14:00 | Eventbrite
Online Bullying Podcast
Ofcom has released the second episode of their new podcast series ‘Life online’ which explores themes around online safety. This episode centres on cyberbullying and includes three teenagers sharing their own experiences of online bullying. Online Bullying in the Digital Playground – Life Online | Podcast on Spotify
Online safety SEND resources
Childnet has released new resources around online safety to support young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) aged 11 and over. Thrive Online | Childnet
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has released new figures on child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation online. Findings include: 97% of all child sexual abuse material identified in 2021 featured the sexual abuse of girls, compared with 65% of all imagery ten years ago.
The Internet Watch Foundation | IWF | IWF
Channel 4 has aired a documentary on the Metaverse, which looks at the harmful content young people could be exposed to on the 3D virtual online community.
Inside the Metaverse Are You Safe? Dispatches – All 4 (channel4.com)
The May 2022 edition of the CyberScotland Bulletin
has been published.
CLPL Opportunity
Keeping Children Safe: Tackling Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour Conference
Monday 27th June 14:00 – 17:00 online via Microsoft Teams
Cost: FREE
Stop It Now! Scotland, in partnership with the RS Macdonald Trust.
Technology assisted harmful sexual behaviour online is when children and young people use the internet or technology such as mobile phones to engage in sexual activity that may be harmful to themselves or others. It is a growing issue for all professionals with a role safeguarding children and young people.
This online conference will showcase learning from Reducing Online Sexual Abuse (ROSA) project that ran between 2018 and 2021 in Glasgow. The project was co-located in Shawlands Academy a large high school in Glasgow and the HALT project for children who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour. Throughout the four years we worked with young people who displayed online harmful sexual behaviour and also engaged collaboratively with young people to develop initiatives that prevent online peer on peer sexual abuse, harassment and exploitation in school settings.
To register for this FREE event please visit Eventbrite here.
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