Welcome to the SMACtalk For Educators podcast! This is part of the Division of
Elementary and Secondary Education's SMACtalk initiative. A monthly podcast
featuring interviews with prominent educators working with education and
technology, SMACtalk for Educators has a different theme for every episode
centered around promoting online safety and security for educators.

The theme for this episode of SMACTalk For Teachers is Online Dangers. Our special guest is Lisette Yang, Senior Forensic Interviewer at the Children’s Protection Center. Her work includes interviewing children affected by all forms of abuse and maltreatment. She is also in charge of doing outreach education regarding child abuse, internet safety, mandated reporting, Latino awareness, among others. She loves interviewing and educating others about anything related to child abuse, victims, and the Latino culture.

Lisette and our host Cassandra Barnett, Program Advisor for School Libraries at the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, discuss how educators can help kids avoid various online dangers including abuse, cyberbullying, sexting, sextortion, trafficking and more. Signs of online danger to watch for, breaking through the “don’t tell adults” code among students in schools, tips, strategies and resources that both educators and kids can use to evade online dangers are examined in this episode.

Transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQYc3Vqgb4r0W3qd9a5FAaYlnPZ_mUy6XnVhPIv305AbHyf8eRp19lOkpDZcPFthr4kiqbMRDOh9--L/pub

Children's Protection Center website:
https://www.childrensprotectioncenter.org/

Child Abuse Hotline: 1-844-SAVEACHILD

Arkansas Child Abuse Hotline - Resources, information specifically for mandated reporters, and the Arkansas laws that pertain to child physical and sexual abuse:
https://ar.mandatedreporter.org/UserAuth/Login!loginPage.action;jsessionid=45C2B03663B07149A95D06EDEC98506D

Darkness to Light - These programs raise awareness of the prevalence and consequences of child sexual abuse by educating adults about the steps they can take to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the reality of child sexual abuse:
https://www.d2l.org/

There is a part of the podcast that mentions a lunchtime mentoring program and Lisette didn't remember the name of that particular program. We Dine Together is a part of the Be Strong program that is featured in a recent G.U.I.D.E. for Life episode.

We Dine Together:
https://www.wedinetogether.org/

Be Strong:
https://bestrong.global/

G.U.I.D.E. for Life episode "Be Strong - Emotional Resilience": https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42906632

SMACtalk Campaign website: www.smactalk.info

SMACtalk for Teachers website: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers

Helpful links:
G.U.I.D.E. for Life - https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/guide-for-life

Common Sense Media - https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/finding-credible-newshttps://www.edutopia.org/blog/evaluating-quality-of-online-info-julie-coiro

Attorney General’s resources for Internet Safety - https://arkansasag.gov/programs/internet-safety/

SMACtalk:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk


Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts