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Internet Safety and Warning Signs of Online Grooming

It can be challenging for caregivers to know how to guide children to appropriate technology use to keep them safe from online sexual grooming. Ready access to smartphones, tables, and computers has created a whole new world of challenges for caregivers. Easy access to devices means that youth do not need to leave their bedrooms to be introduced to risky situations. This training provides a basic overview of commercial sexual exploitation of children, framing the extent of the problem and discussing technology interventions, terminology, pathways, warning signs, and prevention. In this training you will:

• Gain an understanding of how access to smartphones, tablets and computers has created a whole new world of challenges for parents of pre-teens and teens.

• Learn how you can guide children to use technology in ways that will keep them safe from online grooming.

• Overview of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) within the larger framework of the

• Trafficking Victims Protection Act.

• Followed by review of current statistics about Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC).

• Receive tools and techniques to manage resistance to boundaries and restraints of technology use.

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