Technology: Back to School and E-Learning (For Everyone)!
Technology: Back to School and E-Learning (For Everyone)!
35 Years in the Field and Still Learning!
WRITTEN BY JANE STRAUB
Schools will be providing youth with information on internet safety, but that conversation should be supplemented and reinforced at home too!
CornerHouse was founded in 1989 during the inception of the Children’s Advocacy Center model. As an accredited CAC, CornerHouse has worked to address the traumatic effects of child abuse - supporting children and families throughout the disclosure, investigation, and legal processes.
Most recently, CornerHouse expanded its services to provide therapeutic healing through mental health and advocacy services. This addition helps children and families heal from their experience of abuse.
With 35 years of experience in the Child Advocacy field, we are looking forward to adding a preventative approach to how we address abuse. Through primary and secondary abuse prevention education, CornerHouse seeks to end abuse before it begins.
Prevention Education is critical for children and youth AND the adults in their lives.
As we enter the month of August, “Back to School” is the theme. This is a time of excitement and anxiety for children and adults. Caregivers and youth are receiving their “supply lists” that may include items from pencils and glue sticks to tablets and computers.
Adolescents and even very young children will be using technology such as computers to learn in the classroom. They may be accessing the internet to search for information and conduct research. Schools will be providing youth with information on internet safety, but that conversation should be supplemented and reinforced at home too!
To support this learning, CornerHouse is re-releasing our webinar entitled:
Recognizing and Protecting Youth from On-Line Exploitation
Our goal is to provide education and information that empowers youth and adults to use and consume technology safely as well as what to do if we need help.
In addition to the webinar, please see the list of resources below to increase your knowledge of technology and the impact of screen time. Most importantly, we want you to create opportunities for conversation with the young people in your lives! They are counting on us!
Social Media and Youth Mental Health: The US Surgeon General’s Advisory https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf
Common Sense Media https://www.commonsense.org/
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: Netsmartz https://www.missingkids.org/netsmartz/topics/socialmedia