HeadStart Digital Resilience Tool
We’ve updated the Digital Resilience tools and resources to make them more interactive and easier to use.
To help you get started, Louisa has created a short Getting Started Video that gives an overview of the resources and shows you how to find what you need.
For professionals
Click on the tile “Digital Resilience Resources for Professionals” to access guidance and practical resources to support your work.
For parents and carers
You’re welcome to explore the professional resources too, especially if you’re interested in specific topics such as gaming or social media.
If you’d like information specific to the age of the child or young person you are concerned about, click on the tile “Digital Resilience Resources for Parents.”
You can still access all our previous resources from this page.
Digital Resilience tool labels behaviours organised by categories, what the labels mean and what to do when you've identified a behaviour
Guidance for parent/carers and professionals supporting young people
A suite of accessible resources and podcasts to support you in building online resilience for your children. We understand that you are at the forefront of this challenge and may often feel you are missing the information and/or confidence to understand and discuss this issue with your children.
Use our Was That Ok? tool and see all the information we’ve created to help the adults who support you to understand how to respond to your online activities
Training on how to use the tool to assess young people's online behaviour; what to do when you have identified a behaviour and online activities and the law.
Guidance around digital issues for those supporting SEND young people
A tool to help young people understand whether something they experienced or witnessed was ok, or whether they should seek support.
A podcast for anyone who supports young people - we talk about the issues young people face online
The Online Resilience Tool
The Online Resilience Tool provides a practical way for professionals to assess young people’s online behaviour and help them make decisions about whether that behaviour represents risk of harm.
The Tool was developed as part of the Digital work-stream of the HeadStart Kernow programme in partnership with University of Bournemouth and the Professionals Online Safety Helpline. In total around 1000 children and young people in Cornwall were involved in the development process through workshops and discussion groups over a three year period.
The Digital Resilience Tool is available to download for free.
Poster for professionals
Download and print this poster for your staff room to help your team remember the key messages when it comes to young people and the digital world.
Article on how we made the tool
Read this article to find out about how we developed the tool with young people across Cornwall.
If you have any questions / comments on any of the above please feel free to contact:
Louisa Street - louisa.street@packshare.org
Professor Andy Phippen - aphippen1@bournemouth.ac.uk
