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eSafety Commissioner online safety resources

eSafety offers online support, advice, and resources on cyberbullying for students, teachers, and parents.

  • Tier: Tier 1: Positive mental health promotion
  • Category of intervention: Bullying prevention
  • Strength of evidence: Not applicable
  • Geographic location: State-wide

Program description

eSafety's resources encourage and support a positive, whole-school approach to online safety education.

We also have support and advice to help if something goes wrong.

The eSafety website includes:

  • self-directed, developmentally-appropriate resources and support for children, young people and parents/carers
  • advice on how to report online safety issues to the social media company or get more help from eSafety
  • an Online Safety Toolkit to help schools prevent and respond to online safety issues
  • a Best Practice Framework for Online Safety Education
  • the YeS project, a digital and social health program encouraging young people to act as positive leaders online
  • free professional learning to help educators include online safety in their programs.

Intended outcomes

  • Support young people to be safe online
  • Provide strategies for when cyberbullying occurs and a reporting avenue
  • Equip parents and educators to support young people online.

Program details

Target audience
  • Primary school students
  • Secondary school students
  • Capacity building for primary school staff
  • Capacity building for secondary school staff
Program providerAustralian Government
Delivery modeOnline

Implementation considerations

Factors to consider: All resources are online and self-directed. The time length for resources vary, from 20 minutes upwards.

Cost

  • Item cost: Free
  • Detailed cost: Free

How the Fund can be used

There is no approved expenditure of the Fund for this program.

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