This best practice guidance does not detract from the strength of face-to-face professional support; social media communication is not a replacement. However, it can empower and enable young people to choose how to access information, at a time and place that is convenient to them, at a time when a lot of control in their lives is taken away from them simply because of their diagnosis.
How to provide and manage social media tools for communication with teenagers and young adults
Published March 2017