About this event
Sign up for the 'Introduction to KOOTH' awareness event, aimed at all parents and carers throughout Bedfordshire.
A Parent & Carer Presentation on Kooth Live tour of Kooth Site
An opportunity for Questions & Answers about Kooth
Kooth provides a safe, secure means of accessing help via the internet.
By accessing Kooth, young people can benefit from:
● A free, confidential, anonymous and safe way to receive support online.
● Out of hours’ availability. Counsellors are available from 12noon to 10 pm on weekdays and 6pm to 10 pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop-in basis.
● Online Counselling from a professional team of BACP qualified counsellors is available via 1-1 chat sessions or messaging on a drop- in basis or via booked sessions.
● Discussion Boards which are all pre-moderated allow young people to access peer to peer support.
● Online Magazine full of moderated articles many of which are submitted by young people offering advice and guidance on a huge range of topics.
● No referral is required. Young people can register for Kooth independently at www.kooth.com
This 60-minute session includes:
EVENT CONTENT
Introduction to Kooth
Overview of services included in the website
Creating a Kooth account
Online text-based counselling
Forums
Magazine
Online safety
Safeguarding
Signposting
Questions
Live demo!
