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Safety, and Citizenship  \nDigital health, safety, and citizenship skills reflect the full set of knowledge and habits students can adopt to protect themselves and others in online spaces. For schools and districts, protecting student health and safety while those skills develop means taking an approach that can include policies governing the use of school-provided technology, access to personal devices at school, anti-bullying policies, and standards of responsible interactions online. While digital health, safety, and citizenship are important for all students, creating and maintaining school policies and cultures that meet the needs of students who are LGBTQI+ 1 can require special consideration in areas such as responsible use of school-provided digital access, anti-bullying policies, and resources for building healthy online habits.  \n“Digital health” refers to the skills and practices necessary in maintaining a healthy and balanced relationship with technology and the digital world. It recognizes the benefits of technology as well as the potential negative impacts of excessive or unhealthy technology use, including strategies to help promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being in the context of digital usage.  \n“Digital safety” focuses on skills and practices to avoid online risks and ensure privacy and security while using digital technologies. It involves measures to safeguard personal information, avoiding cyber threats, and prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data. Digital safety also encompasses educating individuals about online dangers, such as phishing scams, identity theft, cyberbullying, and online harassment, and promoting responsible digital citizenship.  \n“Digital citizenship” refers to appropriate, responsible behavior when using technology. It encompasses the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to navigate the digital world respectfully and responsibly while engaging positively and constructively in online communities. Prepared digital citizens possess good digital literacy and critical thinking skills.  \nAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Division of Adolescent and School Health, LGBTQI+ students were more than twice as likely as their peers to be bullied online.2 Those findings confirm the results of GLSEN’s national survey published in Out Online: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth on the Internet: “LGBT youth were nearly three times as likely as nonLGBT youth to say they had been bullied or harassed online (42 percent vs. 15 percent) and twice as  \n1 The Department generally uses the term “LGBTQI+” to refer to students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, asexual, intersex, nonbinary, or describe their sex characteristics, sexual orientation, or gender identity in another similar way. When referring to some outside resources, this document also uses variations of this acronym to track the content of those documents, as appropriate.  \n2 [https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdf](https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdf)  \nlikely to say they had been bullied via text message (27 percent vs. 13 percent) .”3 Research shows inclusive language and policies regarding LGBTQI+ students can be associated with improved outcomes for all students.4 Additionally, a 2016 study 5 surveying more than 7,000 LGBT students across nearly 3,000 schools found that inclusion of sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression in antibullying policies led to “significantly greater feelings of safety, less victimization experiences (e.g., harassment and assault based upon sexual orientation and gender expression)” than among students in districts with generic policies or no policy.  \nTo support the wellbeing of LGBTQI+ students, the U.S. Department of Educ","cbCaihQsJX0VJh9L","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihQsJX0VJh9L","pdf",243601,"English","# Digital health, safety, and citizenship\n## Why LGBTQI+ students may need additional consideration\n# Definitions\n## Digital health\n## Digital safety\n## Digital citizenship\n# Evidence and rationale\n## Increased risk of online bullying\n## Research on inclusive policies\n# Guiding questions for school leaders","[{\"question\":\"What does “digital health” mean in this document?\",\"answer\":\"“Digital health” refers to skills and practices for maintaining a healthy and balanced relationship with technology, including managing potential negative impacts and supporting physical, mental, and emotional well-being.\"},{\"question\":\"What does “digital safety” cover?\",\"answer\":\"“Digital safety” focuses on avoiding online risks and ensuring privacy and security, including protecting personal information, preventing cyber threats, and educating about dangers such as phishing, identity theft, cyberbullying, and harassment.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of questions does the Department recommend school leaders ask?\",\"answer\":\"The document recommends questions about setting a vision for digital health and safety, collecting evidence in privacy-protective ways, establishing measurable goals for mental well-being, and involving students and families in assessing needs, setting goals, and designing learning opportunities.\"}]","LGBTQI+ Students Online - 10 Questions to Promote Digital Health, Safety, and Citizenship | PDF",1792060484]