Teens (SEND)

Online Safety Resources for families with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) including autism and ADHD

SHARING CONTENT

Online risks like sharing inappropriate content are higher for children and young people with autism, ADHD and other special educational needs and disabilities. They are more than twice as likely to share inappropriate images, including nude selfies, than their neurotypical peers. Here are resources to help keep them safe online.

TECHSAFE GUIDES

Why SEND Teens share nude pictures and what to do

Think U Know – Ask the Awkward

Resources to help parents and carers explore online relationships with their secondary school aged children, helping to make these conversations part of everyday life

Think U Know – Being Social Online

What parents and carers need to know

ACCESSING CONTENT

Online risks like accessing inappropriate content are higher for children and young people with autism, ADHD and other special educational needs and disabilities. They are 4 times more likely to access content that encourages behaviours or ideas which are potentially dangerous. Here are resources to help keep them safe online.

TECHSAFE GUIDES

Finding Your Tribe Online checklist for teens

Finding Your Tribe Online parent and carer info

BULLYING

Online risks like bullying are higher for children and young people with autism, ADHD and other special educational needs and disabilities. They are twice as likely to be cyberbullied than their neurotypical peers. Here are resources to help keep them safe online.

BULLYING RESOURCES

Internet Matters

Internet Matters is a website of online safety resources and advice. Their Index of Online Harms is a resource that aims to support professionals working with children and young people with SEND, LGBTQ+ children and young people and care-experienced children and young people.

GROOMING / CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION (CSE)

Online risks like Grooming are higher for children and young people with autism, ADHD and other special educational needs and disabilities. They are more than 3 times as likely to be persuaded into unwanted sexual activity or to feel controlled online. Here are resources to help keep them safe online.

Think U Know – What is Sexual Grooming?

Sexual Grooming information

TECHSAFE GUIDES

Live Streaming guide

TIME MANAGEMENT

Time management whilst online can be hard for children and young people with autism, ADHD and other special educational needs and disabilities, they often find it hard to put down their screens. Here are resources to help keep them safe online.

TECHSAFE GUIDES

Managing Screen Time with your neurodivergent child or young person

TECHSAFE SEND APP