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Useful Resources for Adults who work with Young People

03 March 2022

The internet and social media are full of facts and opinions. Most are balanced and informative but others can be misleading or even harmful to share with our friends and families. Worse still, false information can often be about important things that impact whole communities, like health or the environment.

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21 February 2022

This teaching resource lesson plan is designed to help teachers and facilitators educate young people about pornography, specifically online.

The lesson is broken down into three main sections, which can be taught together or separately; The history of porn, The legalities and Myth busters.

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20 February 2022

What happened in a Rockville, Maryland, high school this January was a scene all too familiar for police officers across the US. An altercation between two boys ended with a shot ringing out, and a 15-year-old left bleeding on a bathroom floor.

What witnesses to the crime did next, however, shocked even Betsy Brantner Smith, a nearly three-decade law enforcement veteran and spokesperson for the National Police Association.

"The students started tweeting about it," she said. "That's just, unfortunately, the era we live in."

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07 February 2022

LGFL say; 'Join our amazing pupil hosts Isla and Alex for this 20 minute lesson / assembly for Safer Internet Day 2022 on the theme of online gaming and staying safe on devices. You can watch and use it at any time from now on (not just on the day - 8 February). There are questions to discuss as a class, top answers from the pupils of All Saints Benhilton Primary who tell us what they think, plus a gaming scenario to watch and even a singalong!'

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01 February 2022

Nearly all LGBT young people (96%) say the internet has helped them understand more about their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Nine in ten LGBT young people said they can be themselves online. But being LGBT online can also present some specific risks. Two in five (39 %) LGBT young people aged 13-19 have met up with someone they met and talked to online (All statistics are from Stonewall's School Report).

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