Parents: Is your special needs child safe online? Internet Safety risks abound for the special needs student.

Many of you know that I've been teaching children, parents, and school districts about Internet Safety and online risks for many years. Quite often I will be asked to donate some time to reach out to a particular group of at risk children. I've…
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Parents of teens WAKE UP! Fake Facebook account contributes to the abduction and murder of 15 year old Nichole Cable in Maine

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These are the stories that make me want to shake every single parent that I know and scream WAKE UP!! Nichole Cable was a lovely 15 year old from Maine. The night before she was abducted and murdered, Nichole complained to her boyfriend…
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Internet Safety for Parents: Being proactive is the only defense for your tweens, teens, and family

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I've been teaching Internet Safety for almost 10 years now. In the beginning (when the dinosaurs roamed) the big issues came as a result of the unchecked activity on AOL chat rooms.  Chat rooms have always been fertile ground for would-be…
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