Technology Management Webinars
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Technology Management Webinar Descriptor
Technology Management Webinars are designed for teens, parents, educators and clinicians to better understand the detrimental effects of screens on human health and productivity. Technology Management Webinars profile a new concept termed Balanced Technology Management where humans manage balance between screen use and four healthy activities: movement, touch, human connection and nature. Initiatives are research referenced, evidence-based and strategies focused.
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Module 1 — Introduction, Statistics and Expert Guidelines
The ways in which we are raising and educating children with screens are no longer sustainable
- Child harms/child rights
- Tech trends: past -> present
- Pre/post covid screen usage stats
- Pediatrician expert guidelines
- Tech Management webinar review
2 hrs. – FREE
Module 2 — 4 Critical Factors for Child Development
Create sustainable futures – give kids the edge they need to grow and succeed
- Move: fit, coordinated, literate
- Touch: relaxed, secure
- Human Connection: social, regulated
- Nature: calm, focused
Guest speakers include Phyllis Dyson – teacher, author, trauma specialist and Dr. Kerry Crofton – psychologist, author, nature advocate.
2.5 hours for $100
Module 3 — Physical Development Research
All screen use is detrimental to healthy child development, behavior and learning
- Brain/body development
- Screen impact research areas:
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Obesity/diabetes
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Developmental delay
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Hyperarousal
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Myopia
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Sleep deprivation
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Melatonin, vitamin D
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Eating disorders
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2 hrs for $100
Module 4 — Wireless Radiation Research
Not proven safe, early studies show harm
- Experimental, epidemiological and cancer studies
- Global initiatives; precautionary principle
- Reduction methods
Guest speakers include Theodora Scarato, Executive Director of Environmental Health Trust and Katie Singer, environmental journalist and author.
2.5 hrs. for $100
Module 5 — Social Development Research
Humans don’t do well when separated from their pack.
- Social media isn’t social
- Violent video games
- Early pornography
- Polarity, hate, radicalization
Guest speakers include Jean Rogers, educator and Director of the Children’s Screen time Action Network; Dr. Douglas Gentile, psychologist, professor, researcher, author and Mary Sharpe, lawyer and CEO of The Reward Foundation – Love, Sex and the Internet.
4 hrs for $100
Module 6 — Emotional Development Research
Tech crack – sad, mad and finally bad
- Problem behaviours
- Identity, motivation, independence
- Challenge and risk
- Self-regulation
- Aggression, violence, cyberbullying
3.5 hrs. for $100
Module 7 — Mental Development Research
What we do/watch is who we become
- Parent-child attachment, mental health
- Adverse Childhood Experiences research
- Screen media and mental illness
- Unplug – don’t drug; misdiagnosis/medication
- Adhd, autism, internet addiction
- Data privacy, security, persuasive design
Guest speaker includes Dr. Hilarie Cash, psychologist, author, Chief Clinical Director of reSTART Internet Addiction Centre.
3.5 hrs. for $100
Module 8 — Cognitive Development Research
Were using a lot of something we know little about
- Educational trends, creativity crisis, Covid impact
- Screen impact research areas:
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declining literacy
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cognitive impairment
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multitasking stress
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attention deficit
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poor productivity
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- Considerations for screens in school
- Tech illusion — We’re using an awful lot of something we know very little about
Guest speaker includes Joe Clements, teacher, coach, advocate, author.
2 hrs for $100
Module 9 — Balanced Technology Management for Parents
Disconnect to reconnect; give…don’t take away
- Democratic, not autocratic
- Problem severity and intervention trajectory
- Family meeting; reasons for overuse
- Media content, duration, safety, rules
- Establish screen management policy for home setting
Guest speaker includes Melanie Hempe, RN, author, founder of ScreenStrong.
3 hrs for $100
Module 10 — Balanced Technology Management for Schools
Edtech brain drain…the Learning Paradox
- Prepare baseline data
- 10 steps toward Educational Health
- 4 BTM Best Standards of Practice for schools:
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More movement and nature
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Ban cell phones and entertainment content (video games, social media, porn)
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No screens until grade 3 literacy is achieved
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Do no harm – ensure safe and effective edtech
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- Screenbuster peer program for teens
- Establish screen management policy for school setting
Guest speakers include Lisa Cline, journalist and co-chair Screens in Schools committee with Screentime Action Network and Frank Clegg, CEO Canadians for Safe Technology.
4 hrs for $100
Module 11 —Balanced Technology Management for Clinicians
Prevent misdiagnosis with mandatory clinician screening for screens.
- Assessments – problem severity
- Intervention trajectory
- Education – 10 steps toward media health
- 4 BTM Best Standards of Practice for clinicians:
More movement and nature
No cell phones < 12 yrs
No screens in clinic or school until grade 3
Do no harm – ensure safe and effective therapy tech
- Screenbuster peer program for teens
- Establish screen management policy for clinic setting
Guest speaker includes Frank Clegg, CEO Canadians for Safe Technology.
4 hrs for $100
Module 12 — Tech Tool Kit Review; Conclusion
Application of 42 BTM tools and techniques
- 8 signature graphics
- 9 screen usage assessments
- 9 BTM techniques
- 9 BTM tools for parents
- 7 BTM tools for educators and clinicians
- Conclusion and final thoughts
1.5 hrs for FREE
Parents
Disconnect to Reconnect
Impact of technology on child development, behaviour, and learning.
Teachers
The Learning Paradox
Prioritizing foundations for child growth and success over screen use.
Clinicians
Screening for Screens
Check out the Teen Tech Management Webinar
Become a certified Screenbuster!
Finding the balance between virtual and real.
Take the Screen Addiction Trajectory Quiz
Where do you score on the Screen Addiction Trajectory? What do you need to do to get healthy?
Reconnect Webinars Descriptors
Reconnect Webinars are designed for teens, parents, teachers, clinicians and workers to better understand the negative effects of screens on human health and productivity. Reconnect Webinars profile a new concept termed Balanced Technology Management where humans manage balance between screen use and four healthy activities: movement, touch, human connection and nature. Initiatives are research referenced, evidence based and strategies focused.
Webinar Descriptors
Section One – Foundations for Child Development, Learning and Behaviour
- Review past and present technology trends.
- Relate some of the results of changes in the ways homes and schools use technology.
- Explore technology usage stats pre/post Covid.
- Relate expert guidelines for screen usage.
Research regarding critical factors for child development in the following 4 domains:
- Movement: cardiovascular fitness, core stability/motor coordination, attention/learning.
- Touch: deprivation, anxiety.
- Human connection: functional and dysfunctional attachment formation.
- Nature: mental calming, attention/learning.
Guest speakers include Phyllis Dyson, teacher and author of book Among Silent Echoes; and Dr. Kerry Crofton, psychologist, Executive Director of Doctors for Safer Schools and author of 3 books Wireless Radiation Rescue, A Wellness Guide for the Digital Age and Less Screen More Green lessscreenmoregreen.org.
Section Two – Research Stream
Research regarding impact of screens on child and youth body and brain development.
- Review research interpretation parameters.
- Profile human brain/body development, media content and parent neglect.
- Relay research regarding impact of screen technology on the following:
- Obesity/diabetes
- Developmental delay
- Hyperarousal
- Myopia
- Sleep deprivation, melatonin and Vitamin D
- Eating disorders
Research regarding impact of wireless radiation on humanity.
- Define wireless radiation.
- Identify 3 areas of research which quantify harmful effects of wireless radiation (experimental, epidemiological, cancer incidence).
- Relate ‘until proven safe’ and the Precautionary Principle.
- Profile global initiatives to address potential harm from wireless.
- Review methods to reduce wireless radiation exposure.
Guest speakers include Theodora Scarato, Executive Director of Environmental Health Trust ehtrust.org; and Katie Singer, environmental journalist and author book An Electronic Silent Spring electronicsilentspring.com.
Research regarding impact of screens on child and youth social development in relation to society and community.
- Contrast functional with dysfunctional social development.
- Profile social media’s devastating impact on child/youth health and well being.
- Review research on video game content, usage rates and associated pathology.
- Review pornography stats and impact on relationships.
- Relate the impact of social media on polarity and radicalization of youth.
Guest speakers include Jean Rogers, educator and Director of the Children’s Screentime Action Network; Dr. Douglas Gentile, psychologist, professor at Iowa State University and author of 3 books Violent Video Game Effects, Media Violence and Children and Game On; and Mary Sharpe, lawyer and CEO of The Reward Foundation – Love, Sex and the Internet.
Research regarding impact of screens on child and youth emotional development in relation to identity, motivation and self-control.
- Relate progression of problematic behaviors.
- Describe the development of identity, motivation and independence.
- Review the importance of challenge and risk.
- Describe self-regulation.
- Review aggression and violence prevalence.
- Relate prevalence and impact of cyberbullying.
Research regarding impact of screens on child and youth mental development in relation to parenting, mental illness and addiction.
- Review child/youth mental illness statistics.
- Contrast the role of parent-child attachment with child mental health.
- Review Adverse Childhood Experiences research.
- Review impact of screen media on child mental illness.
- Relate how problematic behaviors can be misdiagnosed and medicated as mental illness.
- Profile internet addiction.
- Profile data privacy, data security and persuasive design.
Guest speaker includes Dr. Hilarie Cash, psychologist, author of 2 books Video Games and Your Kids and Facing Internet Technology and Gaming Addiction; Chief Clinical Director of reSTART Internet Addiction Centre.
Research regarding impact of screens on child and youth cognitive development in relation to learning ability and academic performance.
- Review edtech statistics.
- Profile educational trends, creativity crisis, Covid impact.
- Review screen impact research regarding:
- declining literacy
- impaired cognitive function
- multitasking stress
- attention deficit
- poor productivity
- Profile considerations for screen management in schools.
Guest speaker includes Joe Clements, high school teacher, coach and co-author with Matt Miles of book Screen Schooled – Two veteran teachers expose how technology use is making our kids dumber.
Section Three – Balanced Technology Management Initiatives
- BTM team formation and initiatives overview.
- Profile determination of problem severity and identification of intervention strategy.
- Explore reasons for screen overuse.
- Relate media content, duration and online safety considerations and set screen use rules.
- Implement your BTM family initiatives.
Guest speaker includes Melanie Hempe, RN, founder of ScreenStrong.org and ScreenStrong Lifestyle Course, author of 4 books ScreenStrong Solutions, Will Your Gamer Survive College, Can Your Teenager survive – and Thrive – Without a Smartphone and The Non-Tech Gift Guide.
- BTM team formation and initiatives overview.
- Review BTM preparatory measures.
- Profile 10 steps toward Educational Health.
- Review Screenbuster peer program for teens.
- Relate the following 4 BTM policies for schools:
- More movement and nature
- Ban cell phones, video games and social media from schools
- No screens until grade 3 literacy is achieved
- Ensure safe and effective edtech.
Guest speakers include Lisa Cline, journalist and co-chair Screens in Schools committee with Screentime Action Network; and Frank Clegg, CEO Canadians for Safe Technology.
- BTM team formation and initiatives overview.
- Assessment: correlate results with problem severity and determine trajectory of intervention strategies.
- Education: relate family model approach using BTM concepts, tools and techniques.
- Profile 10 steps toward Media Health.
- Relate 4 BTM Best Standard of Practice policies:
- More movement and nature.
- Ban cell phones, videogames and social media < 12 years.
- Literacy before screens.
- Do no harm; ensure safe and effective tech.
- Establish BTM Clinic Media Policy.
Guest speaker includes Frank Clegg, CEO Canadians for Safe Technology.
- Recount 8 signature graphics.
- Relate 9 assessments related to issues associated with screen overuse.
- Relate 9 Balanced Technology Management (BTM) TECHNIQUE handouts.
- Relate 9 BTM TOOLS for parents handouts.
- Relate 7 BTM TOOLS for educators and clinicians handouts.
Reconnect Webinars List of 12 Guest Speakers
Module 2 – Four critical factors for child development
Phyllis Dyson
Teacher and author of the book, Among Silent Echoes.
Module 2 – Four critical factors for child development
Module 4 – Wireless Radiation
Module 4 – Wireless Radiation
Jean Rogers
Cris Rowan, BScOT, BScBi, SIPT
An outspoken critic on the impact of technology on human development, behavior, and productivity
Webinar creator Cris Rowan, is passionate about changing the ways in which humans use and interact with technology. Cris has developed a concept termed Balanced Technology Management (BTM) where humans strive to manage balance between healthy activity and technology.
She works globally and locally and has cross culture relevance from indigenous and developing communities. Cris is a visionary, who clearly sees that the ways in which humans are using technology are not sustainable, and the time to act is now. Activist, advocate, author, and prolific speaker, Cris helps people move from the virtual, back into the real world.
by Heart Light Digital