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Brave Conversations helps educators confidently discuss controversial issues with young people, offering expert and student perspectives, practical strategies. Staff can watch this video in full or watch the separately listed 3–5-minute clips on specific topics to support challenging conversations.

Practitioners share their experiences of having conversations on sensitive topics with young people and reflect on the benefits of engaging in these discussions.

A look at how to set terms and boundaries when managing challenging discussions in the classroom. The group also discuss frameworks that they have used and co-creating frameworks with pupils.

Using a conceptual analysis approach, participants explore the different definitions of the word extremism and discuss their responses to, and interpretations of, each definition.

Practitioners explore strategies for creating inclusive environments that support learners with SEND to engage them confidently in conversations on challenging topics.

Drawing on their own experiences, participants consider the extent to which teachers should adapt to an increasingly digital world and how to recognise when online issues become safeguarding concerns.

An exploration of the difference between misinformation, disinformation and malinformation and ways educators can help young people think critically online and navigate conversations involving misleading information.

Through practical techniques, practitioners explore ways to clarify and address young people's language choices when navigating difficult topics in the classroom.