Monday, 29 September 2025
*Original Content was created in June 2024
Chair
Dr Alison Burke, Head of Counselling, Westlake Girls High School
Managing Online Incidents: Supporting Young People to Manage and Navigate Life Online
- Who Netsafe are and what is our role in online safety?
- The differences between adult and young people's view of the online world
- Understanding online harm and the options available for resolving harmful online incidents
- How parents, whānau & schools can support the development of online safety skills and capabilities in young people (and for themselves)
Presented by Sean Lyons, Chief Online Safety Officer, NetSafe
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the scope of online harm and how it affects young people
- Identify effective strategies to support students in navigating online incidents and developing digital resilience
Description
Attend and earn 1 PLD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Presenters
Dr Alison Burke, Head of Counselling, Westlake Girls High School
Alison graduated with a Master’s in Education (Counselling )(First class Honours) from University of Auckland. She then completed a PhD, also from the University of Auckland\, researching the lived experiences of male victims of intimate partner violence in heterosexual relationships. Alison is Head of Counselling with a counselling role at Westlake Girls High School on Auckland’s North Shore where she leads a team of 6 counsellors. She is also a counselling supervisor. Alison is a fully accredited member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC). She adheres to the principles of the NZAC Code of Ethics and is committed to on-going professional development, reading and supervision to ensure best practice. Alison was part of a research team from Waikato University that focused on counselling as a site of learning, with particular reference to key competency use and development within the counselling space. Conference joint keynote presentations, workshops and published journal articles resulted from this research. Alison has also had personal articles published and, been a reviewer for articles submitted for publication, in peer reviewed academic journals both in New Zealand and overseas.
Sean Lyons, Chief Online Safety Officer, NetSafe
Sean has been with Netsafe since 2006, and currently serves as the Chief Online Safety Officer, but has worked across most aspects of the work Netsafe does, including technology, communications & education. Working previously in both the IT industry and the education sector in the UK and New Zealand, Sean has a keen interest in how individuals use technology to perpetrate harm online and how technology can be better used to address those harms. He sits on a number of government and industry advisory boards and working groups on topics as wide-ranging as financial fraud and online pornography. He is also currently the President of the international INHOPE network and sits on the Meta Global Safety Advisory Council.
