Engaging Young People in a Virtual World

Description of Resource: This resource offers practice guidance for service providers to more effectively utilize technology to safely engage with youth. Included are tips and considerations for engaging young people virtually to ensure young people’s physical, social, and emotional safety on virtual platforms as well as an activity guide for matches to discuss safe and unsafe online practices in an Online Safety Guidance and Planning Tool. This resources focuses on prioritizing the needs of young people and supporting healthy self-awareness as well as promoting an overall culture of safety.

Goals: To support organizations and mentors with practices with resources on to how to safely engage young people in the virtual world to help promote an overall culture of safety in programs.

Target Population/Eligibility or Target Sites: Mentoring programs & Mentors

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice: Match support, mentor training

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Publisher/Source: Youth Collaboratory Authors: Youth Catalyst Team, Youth Collaboratory & Wichita State University Center for Combating Human Trafficking

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Resource Type: Program Management Resources

Evaluation Methodology: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Evaluation Outcomes: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

External Validity: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

This resource can be accessed freely online: https://www.youthcollaboratory.org/Engaging-Young-People-Virtually

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