Children with Special Educational Needs, Online Safety, and Reducing Harm

This book explores the online behavior and safeguarding of children with special education needs (SEN) in the digital world. Founded in research which evidences key stakeholder perspectives, this book informs and guides stakeholders towards sensibly balancing risk and opportunities online with an understanding that SEN children may face some unique challenges that can place them at greater risk. To develop a child-centered approach, the authors employ an ecosystems theory approach which considers child development as a system of interrelated relationships affected by multiple levels of surrounding environment, drawing upon Bronfenbrenner's seminal work and positioning the research within the field of education.

Conducts a detailed and unique examination of SEN online behavior and safeguarding in the UK Proposes a framework to support a multistakeholder approach providing guiding principles to support SEN children online Relevant to academics and to practitioners working in the broader context of Special Educational Needs

Autorentext

Hayley Henderson is a Senior Lecturer in Business and Law at University of Northampton, UK. She has previously published around digital literacy and online safety for young people.

Andy Phippen is Professor of Digital Rights at Bournemouth University, UK. He has published widely on digital rights and harms, including recently authoring and co-authoring Policy and Rights Challenges in Children's Online Behaviour and Safety, 20172023 (2025), Policing Teen Sexting (2023) and Online Resilience and Wellbeing in Young People (2022) for Palgrave.

Inhalt

1. Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Online Harms.- 2. The Policy Context for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and Online Safety in the UK.- 3. A Critical Review of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and Online Safety.- 4. Stakeholder Views on Special Educations Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and Online Safety.- 5. Unpacking Stakeholder Goals and Motivations.- 6. A Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Online Safety Framework.- 7. Verifying the Findings and Implementing the Online Safety Framework.- 8. Conclusions and the Future of Online Safety and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).