The Ultimate Guide to College Safety: How to Protect Your Child from Online & Offline Threats to Their Personal Safety at College & around Campus

by Pete Canavan

Overview

It is well known that college is a time for learning, experiencing and growing as a person...but it is little understood that it is also the point in time when students form relationships, political beliefs, attitudes, and habits that will shape them for the rest of their lives. The influence of their friends, teachers and the social and political climate on campus are huge factors in their development - both good and bad. Understanding and learning can help parents assist their sons and daughters avoid future pitfalls and grow up to be successful, productive members of society.

There is nothing more important than your personal safety and the safety of your family. Safety has become the highest priority for students, parents, educators and administrators. However, the educational tools and reference guides that contain this essential information for them is lacking since most safety material focuses on the school itself and public safety professionals, not the individual.

Today's college students face threats to their personal safety that generations before did not have to deal with. New problems exist in both the digital world and the physical world, and can be harmful or even deadly. Thinking a problem won't happen to you will not make it any less likely. The solution is to be aware of what threats exist, learn how to protect yourself, and know what steps to take should a problem arise to you or around you.

You can give your child the most comprehensive resource ever compiled about how to stay safe in both the physical world and digital world. This will help ensure that students are made aware of the various threats to their personal safety that exist both online and offline so they will ultimately be safer during their college years and beyond.

The author has worked as an information technology consultant since 1995, a self-defense instructor for over 20 years, and is a former university public safety professional. He is fully qualified to educate students and others based on decades of knowledge that has been distilled into this comprehensive book.

Topics include:
- defining safety concerns
- safety awareness
- establishing personal boundaries
- routines & comfort zones
- problem roommate(s)
- bullying, cyberbullying & hazing
- the dangers of mixing alcohol and energy drinks
- cyber-security & online safety
- social media & cell phone safety
- phishing scams & identity theft
- active shooter preparedness & defensive actions
- viruses, malware and ransomware
- physical threat self-defense / safe dating / sexual harassment
- alcohol, drugs and prescription medication abuse
- party, bar & club safety
- caffeine and energy drinks
- travel safety - both on campus and semesters abroad
- credit card and ATM safety
- dorm room safety - fires, electrical, cooking, outside threats
- personal safety alarms and apps
- building confidence & developing a never quit attitude
- health, fitness, nutrition & hygiene

Get the next best thing to being there for your child when they are away from home and your protection.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940165980893
Publisher:	Pete Canavan
Publication date:	12/06/2022
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Author, speaker and personal safety expert Pete Canavan has been studying the martial arts for over 20 years. He has trained hundreds of men, women and children of all ages in self-defense. Pete is also an IT consultant who has been keeping his clients' systems, networks and accounts safe since 1995. He has worked as a university public safety professional and is familiar with many of the safety challenges facing today's K-12 and college students. Pete is an Act 235 Lethal Weapons Certified Agent, and is also certified in First Aid, CPR, AED and naloxone use.

He teaches regular classes in the Korean martial arts of Hapkido and Taekwondo 3 days a week to both children and adults. Master Pete also teaches self-defense seminars for various groups including but not limited to executives, public safety departments, corrections officers, bartenders/wait staff, neighborhood watch groups, realtors, and the elderly in addition to his regular classes.

Pete is passionate about personal safety, and works every day keeping his clients' technology secure and his students physical safety intact. He does this through education, training, implementation and on-going research and information sharing.

Master Pete is proficient with many weapons including those used in law enforcement such as the PR-24 control baton, monadnock expandable baton, defensive flashlight, and kubotan. He is also proficient with the Bo (6') and Jo (4') staff, Kumdo sword, Tonfa, Sai, Nunchaku, Three-Section Staff, Cane, Knife, Escrima fighting sticks, Kama, Butterfly swords and traditional Samurai sword.

Pete resides in Pennsylvania with his wife, Susan and their 3 sons.