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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 

In this section...

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Online safety newsletters

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Safeguarding: BeReal

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Safeguarding: Instagram

The ABC online safety checklist

See also...

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

County lines

Domestic Violence

Out of hours information

Bullying and child on child abuse

E-Safety

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Advice about improving your sleep

Safeguarding

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Explore...

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

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

NHS 111 mental health support

New...

Teacher of Mathematics (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

Teacher of Science

Teacher of Science (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

Teacher of Mathematics (with specific year group responsibilities for key stage 5)

What happens to your examination script?

Pan's Labyrinth

Local Governing Body Information

Teacher of History (possibility to combine with a head of year role)

Discover...

Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Emergency Script Bereal Film Studies Parent Information Local Governing Body Safety A Level Drugs Esafety Revision Science Online GCE Documentation Governance

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