My Digital TAT2

My Digital TAT2 helps young people and their communities to build healthy habits, critical thinking, and thoughtful online behavior to use technology in a constructive way. Our mission is to facilitate conversations that inspire safe and ethical online behavior to help people think critically about their power and responsibility in a connected world. We believe that creating a kind and respectful online community involves all stakeholders: students, educators, parents, and healthcare providers. Our school programs educate youth to be empathetic, ethical, and responsible consumers and producers of online content. In multi-part workshops, students learn strategies to create a positive digital community and stand up to social cruelty such as racism and homophobia. We generate freely available digital education resources on our website and Partner Portal to help parents and teachers stay informed about the digital landscape. Our Teen Empowerment Programs calls youth to the forefront of education and community building. Our current approach is four-pronged: continue our School Partnerships Program including digital asynchronous resources, expand our new Healthcare partnerships Program, and build our Teen Empowerment Program. My Digital TAT2 has community partnerships with Stanford Medicine Children?s Health, El Camino Healthcare District, Counseling and Support Services for Youth (CASSY), Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC), ConnectSafely, and 20 school districts through San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. We rely on our Youth Advisory Boards, Community Advisory Board and other nonprofits with similar missions to keep current with the communities we serve. We have been active in the community for 10 years, serving over 35,000 children and teens, as well as their parents/caregivers and educators. During the school year ending June 30, 2023, we served workshops and education sessions to nearly 3,600 students, 1500 parents, and 100 teachers/staff. We hire diverse educators from around the US, and continually update curriculum for 3rd-12th grade while synthesizing feedback from our middle school and high school advisory boards. We offer subsidized programs to nearly 40% of our school partners, and work with multiple foundations to continue to fund these community programs. Based on our outlined outcomes for student learning from last year, we have the following impact data to share: 94% of our students responded "yesX or "working on it" in response to the statement: "I feel prepared to stand up to inappropriate behavior online." 88% of our students responded "yesX or "working on it" in response to the statement: "I will share something I learned in this workshop with others." This is especially important as we know that when students become teachers, they retain more of the learnings. It is also critical as this sharing is the basis of facilitating conversations, which lies at the heart of our mission. Our program has discovered additional student benefits, as illustrated by our student survey feedback: 95% of student survey responses included at least one solution to make the internet a kinder place. This is important because we find that when students are asked to imagine their empathetic responses before a situation arises, they are more prepared to stand up to bullying and online hate when the time comes. Regarding Parent Education survey data, from our 22-23 Parent Education sessions offered, we have the following data to share: 92% of parents responded "agreeX or "strongly agree" in response to the statement: "I have a better understanding of the apps that students are using." 99% of parents responded "agreeX or "strongly agree" in response to the statement: "The workshop provided tools (conversation starters and apps) that will help me support my student now and in the future." Additionally, our new programs have discovered additional benefits for the adults who support kids at school. Our primary short-term goal for the Healthcare Partnerships program is to equip mental health trainees to address the impacts of media use with their clients. We see an additional need for clinicians to share common language with their youth clients around current digital trends and usage. We measured impact in this program via pre- and post-workshop survey questions including: "I feel more confident in discussing digital concerns with my school- aged clients." In FY 2023, survey participants answering "agreeX or "strongly agree" increased by 49% as a result of our workshops. "I have tangible recommendations to make to schools and families regarding healthy digital use." In FY 2023, survey participants answering "agreeX or "strongly agree" increased by 63% as a result of our workshops.