Exploitation in the Virtual World (1.5-2 hours)
YSO Staff
Summary
Children’s Advocacy Center’s trainings focus on prevention, intervention, treatment, and therapy. Their goal is to ‘empower community members and professionals with information, knowledge, and tools to positively impact children and families who have experienced abuse’. These trainings focus on informing caregivers and professionals on many topics related to children’s safety. The trainings focus on awareness of child abuse, recognizing signs, responding and reporting abuse, and skill building for professionals helping victims recover. Trainings are customized for the needs of each organization, and many are offered free of charge
This training provides an overview of what youth are seeing and experiencing in the virtual world, how professionals can help keep youth safe, and what to do if a child has experienced online exploitation. Participants will learn about:
- Sexual development and exposure to the virtual world, including sexually explicit content and pornography
- Recognizing online exploitation, including online grooming and sextortion
- Risky behaviors in adolescence, such as sexting and non-consensual image sharing, and how perpetrators take advantage of these behaviors
- Preventing and responding to online exploitation, as well as how to talk to youth and caregivers about this issue
