Sacred Heart College Presents: Paul Litherland 'Surf OnLine Safe'

Paul Litherland - A truly respected educator.

For close to 20 years, Paul has been working at the coalface of online crime. Since 2008, he has worked specifically with juvenile victims and their families, and has used those experiences to develop highly informative presentations regarding the risks of the online world.

Since leaving the Western Australia Police in 2014, Paul has grown to become one of the nations most recognised and highly awarded educators in the fields of Cyber Safety and Internet Awareness, culminating in him being named the 2022 WA Australian of the Year.

Surf Online Safe offers comprehensive awareness presentations to:

• School age children from Year 4 to Year 12.
• Educators, Parents, Grandparents, Guardians & Carers.
• Businesses, as well as Government & Corporate organisations.

On Thursday 27 April 2023, Mr Paul Litherland will deliver a presentation on cyber safety and internet awareness to parents/caregivers. Paul will cover a number of topics, including: 

• His insights and knowledge working at the coalface of juvenile internet use for the past 13 years.
• Digital citizenship - where our kids are going online, the apps they are using and the information they are sharing.
• Online footprint - how easy it is to find kids online and what they can do to minimise their risk.
• Social networking and networking in general - how the systems work and how to overcome their reach.
• Sexting and sextortion - Trends, risks and up to date stats in regard to these issues.
• Tips and tricks - how to keep an eye on your children through software and hardware. Easy instructions on what we can do to keep them safe.

While this event is free for parents/caregivers to attend, seats must be reserved.