Chatting and Red Flags (Adapted for Youth with IDD)
How can you tell when an online relationship is risky?
Grades
9–12Time
130 mins.
Objectives:
Learn what a red flag feeling is.
Identify the types of messages that might cause a red flag feeling for someone.
Use the Feelings & Options thinking routine to analyze and respond to a situation involving a red flag feeling.
Vocabulary Show definitions
risk ·
red flag feeling ·
grooming (online)
risk –
red flag feeling – when something happens that makes you feel uncomfortable, worried, sad, or anxious
grooming (online) – when someone older uses chatting or messaging to befriend and manipulate a child or teenager into an in-person meeting for the purpose of sexual abuse or sex trafficking
Key Standards Supported
Lesson Plan
130 mins.