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Safeguarding: Social Media & Mental Health

Social Media is often scrutinised as having a negative impact on children’s mental health. Children and young people are now growing up in a technology dominated world, and social media plays a major role in their social lives. This balanced guide focuses at both the positive and negative impacts that social media can bring to young people and their mental health.

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/view/guide/social-media-mental-health-the-positive-and-negative-impacts 

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Peer on Peer/Child on Child Abuse

The ABC online safety checklist

Safeguarding - Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism

Find My Kids App

Safeguarding - Anti-bullying Ambassadors

Safeguarding - Bullying

TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?

Safeguarding - Harmful Sexual Behaviours

Safeguarding - County Lines

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