About this Webinar:
Participants will learn how to help and prepare children and youth to practice better decision-making in regards to their bodies and the bodies of others. We also discuss best practices for having substantial conversations on understanding pornography, sex, and sexuality. This presentation is for professionals working with children and their families, caregivers, and family members. Youth and young adults are also invited to attend.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this webinar presentation, attendees will be able to:
- Discuss strategies for speaking to children about sex, sexuality, pornography, and interaction with their peers.
- Recognize how to have sensitive but needed conversations with children on important topics.
- Discuss the importance and difference between parents-caregivers and other caring adults and the impact of different roles adults play in a young personβs life and how each role can have a positive impact on the development of young people in regards to their development and identity.
- Review the impact of social media and its relationship with pornography and social mediaβs role in modern youth life.
- Recognize how to better prepare children and caregivers to make better choices and have more successful interventions when faced with difficult situations related to sex, sexuality, pornography, and youth-produced images.
Presenter
Clifford Sipes is currently a youth specialist at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and also works with The National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth. He specializes in getting youth and young adults involved in training the professionals that serve them and creating youth advisories.
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