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Empowering Communities: Protective Behaviors and Online Safety for Children

Educate and inform about protective behaviors for children through communication, problem-solving, and safe practices. Learn how to establish rules, create a network, and safeguard children online.

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Empowering Communities: Protective Behaviors and Online Safety for Children

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  1. “You can’t do community notification without doing community education. To do so is like smoking a cigarette while standing in a pool of gasoline”. Detective Bob Shilling

  2. PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS • WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE ALL THE TIME • NOTHING IS SO AWFUL YOU CAN’T TALK ABOUT IT WITH SOMEONE • FIRST RULE OF SAFETY • WHERE YOU GOING • WHO ARE YOU GOING WITH • WHEN WILL YOU BE BACK

  3. PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS • Teach your child Problem Solving • “What could you do if someone told you…” • “What could someone do if…” • Use Brainstorming • Use different scenarios--Suppose this happen and Even if this happen--

  4. PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS • MY SAFE PLACE • DRAW PICTURES OF THEIR SAFE PLACE OR TALK ABOUT IT

  5. PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS • My network people • Name at least 4 adults besides the people at home whom they can trust.

  6. PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS • TALK ABOUT FEELING SAFE AND ADVENTUROUS • IDENTIFY EARLY WARNING SIGNS • ENCOURAGE TALKING ABOUT FEELINGS • CREATE A NETWORK

  7. PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS • LEARN SAFE ROUTES FOR WALKING • EXPLORE CONCEPTS OF SECRETS • GET INVOLVED

  8. PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS • KNOW THERE TELEPHONE NUMBER, ADDRESS, AND PARENTS WORK NUMBERS

  9. Establish Rules Keep Computer in a Common Room Communicate Be Informed Safeguarding Options Talk to your Children about giving out personal information ONLINE SAFETY TIPS

  10. ON LINE SAFETY • NetSmartz -- www.NetSmartz.org • Specialized area for parents • Internet Safety and Pledges • Activity Cards to Adapt the Computer to home,school and after school use • Real-life scenarios • Partnership from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Boys and Girls Club

  11. PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS • BELIEVE WHAT CHILDREN TELL US • CHILDREN ARE STRONG AND SMART AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE SAFE

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