Internet+safety

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John Parsons

=Consultant - John Parsons=

**Profile: John Parsons**

John Parsons is an Internet Safety and Risk Assessment Consultant to schools the private sector and the health sector, providing specialist advice and direction on the safe use of Digital Communication Technology.

He works alongside Police, Children Young Persons and their Families (CYF) and Health Professionals delivering training in child protection to attendees who come from a wide range of professions. The focus of this work is the reduction of child abuse in New Zealand.
 * Specialist Training**

He delivers cyber safety workshops to those who work with young people in areas of health, education and safety. John also delivers parent/caregiver cyber safety workshops through school or community based initiatives.
 * Presentations and Community Workshops**

He works with individuals, young people and families who have become ensnared by predatory adults across digital networks, those who have been cyber abused and children and youth who abuse others using online technologies.
 * Working with children and Families**

John teaches in class to Primary, Intermediate and College age students
 * Teaching**

John is the co-developer of cutting edge cyber safety Internet Heath Safety education now being delivered in Schools and to adult learning groups.
 * Resource Provider**

He is the editor of the Nelson Crime Watch newsletter, a collaboration between Simulate 2 Educate Limited, Nelson Police and SeniorNet Nelson.
 * Editor Nelson Crime Watch Newsletter**

He promotes the rights of children to be judged fairly recognising their rights to use communication technology safely and with respect for themselves and others. This is the foundation upon which he delivers his classroom workshops to students of all ages, as summarised below:
 * The rights of children**

In my workshops with children and teenagers we debate the power of support and the role empathy has in influencing positive behaviours. Information technology connects us with the world and at the same times separates us from others. Now, more than ever before, empathy, the ability to think about how another person is feeling, should be the foundation upon which we educate children on matters of judgement whether in the home, in the school or in the community. //Empathy is a gift children share between themselves every day, so when we see it we should acknowledge it, and when possible, reward it.//
 * Resilient children and youth understand what is theirs by right:**
 * To be respected
 * To be valued
 * To be supported
 * To be listened to
 * To be protected
 * To learn
 * Empathy is intoduced in student workshops**
 * Empathy is intoduced in student workshops**

//….John Parsons// John Parsons BIT, DipIct5, DipIct6 Cyber Safety and Risk Assessment Consultant M: 027 746 9877

www.s2e.co.nz http://www.simulate2educate.co.nz/s2e-in-the-news
 * The two websites below link directly to his site with helpful tips to parents and educators.**

=Mission and Philosophy of the S2e Cyber Safety education=

To provide students with cyber safety education that helps protect them today and helps them act with thought for their own futures, safeguarding their opportunities to find suitable employment along with protecting their reputations. To develop both the understandings and the skills required to use Information technology appropriately in order to reduce the chances for harm to occur to the student, their family and friends. To encourage students to see empathy and the rights of others as a valuable tool when communicating with and or supporting others. The intention of this education is to help the student learn to make informed ethical decisions founded on common decency and reasonable standards of right and wrong. Information technology connects us with the world whilst at the same time it separates us from others. Now more than ever before, empathy, the ability to think about how another person is feeling, should be the foundation upon which we educate children, whether in the home, the school or in the community. //Empathy is a gift children share between themselves every day; when we see it, we should acknowledge it, and when possible reward it.// // John Parsons // John Parsons BIT, DipIct5, DipIct6 Internet Safety and Risk Assessment Consultant
 * Physical Safety and Psychological Wellbeing**
 * Resilient students understand what is theirs by right:**
 * To be respected
 * To be valued
 * To be supported
 * To be listened to
 * To be protected
 * To learn


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