BEHIND THE SCREEN: RECOGNIZING AND PREPARING CHILDREN TO RESPOND TO SOCIAL MEDIA GROOMING TACTICS

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Participants will be able to identify the tricks and tactics sexual abuse perpetrators use through various forms of technology and social media, understand what makes children vulnerable to becoming victims of these tricks and be able to identify ways caregivers can monitor for and support children to recognize and respond to these tricks.

Participants will learn:

• Terms and definitions of social media

• Popular apps

• The perpetrator’s mind and who/how they target children: Types of tricks and tactics

• Aspects of peer-on-peer abuse and manipulation

• Characteristics of children that increase their vulnerability to becoming online victims

• How to supervise use children and teens use of technology and social media

• Information and skills children need to respond to inappropriate content on social media