Talking with System-Involved Youth about Internet and Social Media Safety

Nola Kesia Brantley

Training Description

More and more youth are using the internet and social media at younger ages, many times before experts recommend. So, it’s crucial for those that support system involved youth to understand the potential harms youth can be exposed to on the internet and on social media platforms. This training will provide participants with safety strategies and conversation starters to review with youth. Additionally this training will highlight how technology can place foster care and juvenile justice involved youth at high risk for commercial sexual exploitation.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will be able to identify at least 2 potential dangers of youth using the Internet and social media

2. Participants will be able to identify at least 3 safety strategies for using technology.

3. Participants will learn how to talk with caregivers about potential harms youth are exposed to on the Internet and social media.

4. Participants will learn how to facilitate discussions with youth about technology.

Agenda 

9:30am-9:45am  Topic/Trainer Introduction

9:45am-10:15am  Technology Overview

10:15am-10:45am  Cell Phone Safety Strategies

10:45am-11am  Break (CE Hours will not be issued for this time)

11am-11:30am  The Internet and COVID

11:30am-12pm  Apps

12pm-12:30pm  Social Media Safety Strategies

12:30pm-1:30pm  Lunch Break (CE Hours will not be issued for this time)

1:30pm-2pm  Technology and Commercial Sexual Exploitation

2pm-2:30pm  Sexting/Sextortion Strategies

2:30pm-3pm  Cyber Bullying Safety Strategies

3pm-3:15pm  Break (CE Hours will not be issued for this time)

3:15pm-3:45pm  Pornography/Revenge Porn Safety Strategies

3:45pm-4:15pm  Online Games Safety Strategies

4:15pm-4:30pm  Questions and course evaluations

Meet Our Trainers

Nola Brantley, CEO & Founder of Nola Brantley Speaks has become nationally recognized as a powerful Survivor voice for the issue of child sex trafficking through her moving and information packed public speaking. Her hard work and perpetual vigilance has brought both focus and concrete resources to this chronically underserved and largely unrecognized population of victimized youth. Nola’s approach aims to be holistic!

This course meets the qualifications for (5.5) BBS CE Hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.