Children with Special Educational Needs, Online Safety, and Reducing Harm

Hayley Henderson is a Senior Lecturer in Business and Law at University of Northampton, UK. She has previously published around digital literacy and online safety for young people.Andy Phippen is Professor of Digital Rights at Bournemouth University, UK. He has published widely on digital rights and harms, including recently authoring and co-authoring Policy and Rights Challenges in Children’s Online Behaviour and Safety, 2017–2023 (2025), Policing Teen Sexting (2023) and Online Resilience and Wellbeing in Young People (2022) for Palgrave.

• 1. Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Online Harms.- 2. The Policy Context for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and Online Safety in the UK.- 3. A Critical Review of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and Online Safety.- 4. Stakeholder Views on Special Educations Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and Online Safety.- 5. Unpacking Stakeholder Goals and Motivations.- 6. A Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Online Safety Framework.- 7. Verifying the Findings and Implementing the Online Safety Framework.- 8. Conclusions and the Future of Online Safety and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).