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.

In this section...
The ABC online safety checklist
Four months on: is Roblox any safer?
What is Character AI? What parents need to know
What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok
Careers & Apprenticeship Information
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Advice about improving your sleep
TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?
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The Misleading Ending of Whiplash
Whiplash Final Scene - Andrew Neyman's Performance
Teacher of English - (Maternity cover - Possible TLR available)
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