Prevention for teens

Preventing online sexual violence against teens

There’s no denying the increasingly pervasive presence of technology in our day-to-day lives. Teenagers—and the adults around them—need to learn how to handle a vast amount of information and a wide range of apps and trends.

We now know that adolescence is an important stage where young people develop their identity and discover their sexuality. This chapter of their lives is also marked by a tremendous need to belong and to be accepted. Thrill seeking, impulsiveness and a thirst for independence are also prevalent. Teenagers use different communications technologies, namely applications and messaging systems, to answer these needs far from the watchful eye of their parents. Sadly, these adolescence-specific elements—coupled with technology—make young people particularly vulnerable to manipulation and to the influence of other people.

Technology plays a central role in young people’s lives:

  • 9 out of 10 teenagers have access to a computer at home.
  • 8 out of 10 teenagers own a smartphone.
  • 60% of all teenagers use their smartphone over two hours each day.

This strong online presence provides teenagers with several advantages, namely easy communication with their peers and with communities they belong to, as well as increased knowledge and skills on a wide range of topics. However, it does also involve some disturbing drawbacks. In the virtual world, young people may encounter people with ill intentions or misuse diverse types of technology. The risks related to various types of online sexual violence warrant more attention due to their devastating impact on teenagers.

Articles in this section were created to provide any parent or significant adult in a teenager’s life with the necessary tools to deal with young people’s use of technology. They will help maintain an ongoing dialogue with their youngsters and ensure they stay safe and sound when surfing the web.

Tools for everyone

The prevention tools presented are aimed at teens, their parents and professionals working in schools. The different tools presented help better understand what sexual violence is and foster a climate conducive to dialogue with teens. Some tools allow the implementation of peer-based prevention initiatives such as the creation of an awareness campaign or the facilitation of awareness workshops.

Teens

All teens

Parents

Any parent or important adult in a teen’s life.

Professionals

Professionals and teachers in school settings.

Schools

School principals.

Here are a few tools to know more about sexuality, sexual violence and online sexual violence.

[Delicate Spots] Game
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Preventing Online Sexual Violence among Youth with a Peer-Based Prevention Approach (PBPA) - Workshop Facilitation Guide
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Preventing Online Sexual Violence among Youth with a Peer-Based Prevention Approach (PBPA) - Training Guide
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How far are you willing to go to get likes?
How far are you willing to go to get likes? - Discussion guide
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What would you have done with Gab's photo?
What would you have done with Gab's photo? - Discussion guide
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Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online?
Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online? - Discussion guide
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Are you being yourself online?
Are you being yourself online? - Discussion guide
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delicatespots.com

[Delicate Spots] is a web application designed to prevent sexual violence among young people. It deals with sex-related topics, such as first sexual experiences and sexual violence.

Play

This Facilitation Guide is for youth who
have participated in training to become
peer trainers and effectively co-facilitate
online sexual violence awareness
workshops with other youths.

This Training Guide is intended
to support school staff members,
including professionals and teachers
who wish to use the leadership
skills of a group of young people to
facilitate workshops on preventing
online sexual violence. This guide
is divided into three sections that
present content and turnkey training
activities to prepare young people
and support them in conducting
awareness workshops combatting
online sexual violence designed for
their peers in Secondary 1 and 2
(grades 7 and 8).
A second document—the Workshop
Facilitation Guide—has been created
as a necessary companion to the
Training Guide.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video How far are you willing to go to get likes? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video How far are you willing to go to get likes? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video What would you have done with Gab’s photo? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video What would you have done with Gab’s photo? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video Are you being yourself online? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Here are a few tools to help you start a conversation with teens about sexuality, sexual violence and online sexual violence.

[Delicate Spots] Game
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Preventing Online Sexual Violence among Youth with a Peer-Based Prevention Approach (PBPA) - Workshop Facilitation Guide
+-
Preventing Online Sexual Violence among Youth with a Peer-Based Prevention Approach (PBPA) - Training Guide
+-
How far are you willing to go to get likes?
How far are you willing to go to get likes? - Discussion guide
+-
What would you have done with Gab's photo?
What would you have done with Gab's photo? - Discussion guide
+-
Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online?
Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online? - Discussion guide
+-
Are you being yourself online?
Are you being yourself online? - Discussion guide
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Teens and online violence: Let’s talk about it!
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Teens and technologies: How to stay chill
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delicatespots.com

[Delicate Spots] is a web application designed to prevent sexual violence among young people. It deals with sex-related topics, such as first sexual experiences and sexual violence.

Play

This Facilitation Guide is for youth who
have participated in training to become
peer trainers and effectively co-facilitate
online sexual violence awareness
workshops with other youths.

This Training Guide is intended
to support school staff members,
including professionals and teachers
who wish to use the leadership
skills of a group of young people to
facilitate workshops on preventing
online sexual violence. This guide
is divided into three sections that
present content and turnkey training
activities to prepare young people
and support them in conducting
awareness workshops combatting
online sexual violence designed for
their peers in Secondary 1 and 2
(grades 7 and 8).
A second document—the Workshop
Facilitation Guide—has been created
as a necessary companion to the
Training Guide.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video How far are you willing to go to get likes? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video How far are you willing to go to get likes? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video What would you have done with Gab’s photo? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video What would you have done with Gab’s photo? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video Are you being yourself online? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Pamphlet

Online sexual violence is very present in young people’s lives. Learn how girls and boys are affected by this issue and find out about good habits to in your teen.

Pamphlet

Technologies are central to teenagers’ lives. Learn what place they hold and get tips on how to initiate and maintain dialogue with your adolescent about their use of technologies.

Here are a few sex education tools and prevention programs to help you prevent sexual violence and online sexual violence with teens.

PBPA launch promotional poster
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PBPA promotional poster
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Promotional Poster - [Delicate Spots]
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Promotional Poster - [Delicate Spots]
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Heads or Tails Project Logbook
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Heads or Tails Project Workshop Facilitator’s Guide
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Sexual Exploitation Intervention Toolkit – Informative Sheet
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Myth or Reality Card Game
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Sexual Exploitation Intervention Guide
+-
[Delicate Spots] Game
+-
[Delicate Spots] Companion Guide for Secondary School Educators
+-
[Delicate Spots] Informative Sheet
+-
Preventing Online Sexual Violence among Youth with a Peer-Based Prevention Approach (PBPA) - Workshop Facilitation Guide
+-
Preventing Online Sexual Violence among Youth with a Peer-Based Prevention Approach (PBPA) - Training Guide
+-
How far are you willing to go to get likes?
How far are you willing to go to get likes? - Discussion guide
+-
What would you have done with Gab's photo?
What would you have done with Gab's photo? - Discussion guide
+-
Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online?
Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online? - Discussion guide
+-
Are you being yourself online?
Are you being yourself online? - Discussion guide
+-
Facilitation Guide No To Online Sexual Violence Against Our Young People!
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Teens and online violence: Let’s talk about it!
+-
Teens and technologies: How to stay chill
+-

Use this poster to promote and launch the Peer-Based Prevention Approach in your school.

Use this poster to promote the Peer-Based Prevention Approach in your school.

Use this poster to promote [Delicate Spots].

Use this poster to promote [Delicate Spots].

The purpose of this logbook is to support and encourage the young participants in their reflections during the Heads and Tails workshops. It contains all the activities proposed in the project’s 6 workshops.

 

This logbook is available as part of the Heads or Tails training courses. 

The purpose of this facilitator’s guide is to support practitioners and professionals wishing to implement the Heads or Tails project to prevent sexual exploitation and human trafficking among at-risk youth. The various activities to be carried out with young people are explained in detail.

 

This facilitator’s guide is available as part of the Heads or Tails training courses.

Sexual Exploitation Intervention Toolkit – Informative Sheet

A series of tools developed by Marie-Vincent to prevent and intervene in matters of sexual exploitation of young people.

For questions, comments or to obtain a physical version of the kit, please contact us at: formation@marie-vincent.org

Myth or Reality Card Game

This “Myth or Reality” card game has 17 cards designed to inform and debunk certain misconceptions about the sexual exploitation of young people and human trafficking.

This game was created for professionals working with teenagers but can also be used when meeting with young adults.

Play

The Professional’s Guide to Youth Interventions

The professional’s guide to youth Intervention is a guide for professionals working with young people actively engaging in sexual exploitation or at risk thereof. This guide is inspired by the sexual exploitation cycle created by the Centre jeunesse de Montréal during the Le silence de Cendrillon project and offers intervention tools tailored to each stage of the cycle. Nearly thirty adapted, turnkey, dynamic and easy-to-use tools are offered.

delicatespots.com

[Delicate Spots] is a web application designed to prevent sexual violence among young people. It deals with sex-related topics, such as first sexual experiences and sexual violence.

Play

[Delicate Spots] Companion Guide

This companion guide is intended for use by caseworkers, professionals and educators who wish to incorporate one or more scenarios from the sexuality education web game [Delicate Spots] into the educational activities of the sexuality education curriculum.

The activities in this guide were designed to foster a climate conducive to dialogue with students on topics around the prevention of sexual violence.

Informative Sheet

This Informative Sheet is intended for secondary school educators who wish to use the [Delicate Spots] game as a tool of sex education with high school students.

This Facilitation Guide is for youth who
have participated in training to become
peer trainers and effectively co-facilitate
online sexual violence awareness
workshops with other youths.

This Training Guide is intended
to support school staff members,
including professionals and teachers
who wish to use the leadership
skills of a group of young people to
facilitate workshops on preventing
online sexual violence. This guide
is divided into three sections that
present content and turnkey training
activities to prepare young people
and support them in conducting
awareness workshops combatting
online sexual violence designed for
their peers in Secondary 1 and 2
(grades 7 and 8).
A second document—the Workshop
Facilitation Guide—has been created
as a necessary companion to the
Training Guide.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video How far are you willing to go to get likes? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video How far are you willing to go to get likes? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video What would you have done with Gab’s photo? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video What would you have done with Gab’s photo? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video Are you being yourself online? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Facilitation guide

This facilitation guide aims to support workers, professionals and teachers who want to work with a youth committee to conduct an awareness campaign about the issue of online sexual violence.

Pamphlet

Online sexual violence is very present in young people’s lives. Learn how girls and boys are affected by this issue and find out about good habits to in your teen.

Pamphlet

Technologies are central to teenagers’ lives. Learn what place they hold and get tips on how to initiate and maintain dialogue with your adolescent about their use of technologies.

Here are a few sex education tools and prevention programs to help you prevent sexual violence and online sexual violence with teens.

PBPA launch promotional poster
+-
PBPA promotional poster
+-
Promotional Poster - [Delicate Spots]
+-
Promotional Poster - [Delicate Spots]
+-
Sexual Exploitation Intervention Toolkit – Informative Sheet
+-
Myth or Reality Card Game
+-
Sexual Exploitation Intervention Guide
+-
[Delicate Spots] Game
+-
[Delicate Spots] Companion Guide for Secondary School Educators
+-
[Delicate Spots] Informative Sheet
+-
Preventing Online Sexual Violence among Youth with a Peer-Based Prevention Approach (PBPA) - Workshop Facilitation Guide
+-
Preventing Online Sexual Violence among Youth with a Peer-Based Prevention Approach (PBPA) - Training Guide
+-
How far are you willing to go to get likes?
How far are you willing to go to get likes? - Discussion guide
+-
What would you have done with Gab's photo?
What would you have done with Gab's photo? - Discussion guide
+-
Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online?
Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online? - Discussion guide
+-
Are you being yourself online?
Are you being yourself online? - Discussion guide
+-
Facilitation Guide No To Online Sexual Violence Against Our Young People!
+-
Teens and online violence: Let’s talk about it!
+-
Teens and technologies: How to stay chill
+-

Use this poster to promote and launch the Peer-Based Prevention Approach in your school.

Use this poster to promote the Peer-Based Prevention Approach in your school.

Use this poster to promote [Delicate Spots].

Use this poster to promote [Delicate Spots].

Sexual Exploitation Intervention Toolkit – Informative Sheet

A series of tools developed by Marie-Vincent to prevent and intervene in matters of sexual exploitation of young people.

For questions, comments or to obtain a physical version of the kit, please contact us at: formation@marie-vincent.org

Myth or Reality Card Game

This “Myth or Reality” card game has 17 cards designed to inform and debunk certain misconceptions about the sexual exploitation of young people and human trafficking.

This game was created for professionals working with teenagers but can also be used when meeting with young adults.

Play

The Professional’s Guide to Youth Interventions

The professional’s guide to youth Intervention is a guide for professionals working with young people actively engaging in sexual exploitation or at risk thereof. This guide is inspired by the sexual exploitation cycle created by the Centre jeunesse de Montréal during the Le silence de Cendrillon project and offers intervention tools tailored to each stage of the cycle. Nearly thirty adapted, turnkey, dynamic and easy-to-use tools are offered.

delicatespots.com

[Delicate Spots] is a web application designed to prevent sexual violence among young people. It deals with sex-related topics, such as first sexual experiences and sexual violence.

Play

[Delicate Spots] Companion Guide

This companion guide is intended for use by caseworkers, professionals and educators who wish to incorporate one or more scenarios from the sexuality education web game [Delicate Spots] into the educational activities of the sexuality education curriculum.

The activities in this guide were designed to foster a climate conducive to dialogue with students on topics around the prevention of sexual violence.

Informative Sheet

This Informative Sheet is intended for secondary school educators who wish to use the [Delicate Spots] game as a tool of sex education with high school students.

This Facilitation Guide is for youth who
have participated in training to become
peer trainers and effectively co-facilitate
online sexual violence awareness
workshops with other youths.

This Training Guide is intended
to support school staff members,
including professionals and teachers
who wish to use the leadership
skills of a group of young people to
facilitate workshops on preventing
online sexual violence. This guide
is divided into three sections that
present content and turnkey training
activities to prepare young people
and support them in conducting
awareness workshops combatting
online sexual violence designed for
their peers in Secondary 1 and 2
(grades 7 and 8).
A second document—the Workshop
Facilitation Guide—has been created
as a necessary companion to the
Training Guide.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video How far are you willing to go to get likes? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video How far are you willing to go to get likes? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video What would you have done with Gab’s photo? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video What would you have done with Gab’s photo? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video Do you really know everyone you’re connecting with online? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

This video and these parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Discussion guide

These parent-teen discussion guides are designed to help you talk with your adolescent about the video Are you being yourself online? as well as their technology habits and about preventing online sexual violence.

Facilitation guide

This facilitation guide aims to support workers, professionals and teachers who want to work with a youth committee to conduct an awareness campaign about the issue of online sexual violence.

Pamphlet

Online sexual violence is very present in young people’s lives. Learn how girls and boys are affected by this issue and find out about good habits to in your teen.

Pamphlet

Technologies are central to teenagers’ lives. Learn what place they hold and get tips on how to initiate and maintain dialogue with your adolescent about their use of technologies.

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