For Clinicians — Screening for Screens
Routine technology screening assessments can improve child and youth mental and physical health.
The Problem
Children and youth increasingly present to clinicians with delays in physical, social, emotional, mental and cognitive performance. To ensure accurate assessment and treatment of child disorders and prevent misdiagnosis, clinicians could routinely perform mandatory ‘screenings for screens’.
As health professionals, clinicians are primary key educators for both parents and teachers regarding detrimental effects of screen overuse. The 3-day Technology Management webinar for clinicians is specifically designed to provide research referenced and strategy focused tools and techniques to help kids manage balance between screens and healthy activities. Upon course completion, clinicians receive CEU’s and Balanced Technology Management (BTM) certification to become informed change leaders wherever they practice.
Be the first clinician in your community to launch BTM initiatives ensuring sustainable futures for all children.
For Clinicians — Screening for Screens
Who should buy and watch Webinar?
Principals, teachers, administrators, special education teachers, counsellors, school psychologists, social workers and clinicians (includes pediatric occupational and physical therapists and speech and language pathologists). Reconnect Webinars are designed to be introductory level for principals, teachers and administrators, intermediate for counsellors, school psychologists and social workers and advanced for clinicians.
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What's Included?
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 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:
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More movement and nature
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No cell phones < 12 yrs
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No screens in clinic or school until grade 3
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Do no harm – ensure safe and effective therapy tech
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- 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
Developmental delay, obesity, sleep deprivation, mental illness, aggression, defiance, social phobia, poor communication, attention deficit and learning difficulties are all associated with screen overuse yet are often misdiagnosed by clinicians as physical and mental illness. Research clearly documents correlation between screen overuse with physical, mental, social and learning impairments yet clinicians rarely assess for nor recommend screen reduction initiatives. Children and youth with screen overuse and addictions are being diagnosed and often medicated by clinicians for problematic behaviors and mental illnesses that have their origins in childhood trauma, abuse and neglect. The child is never the problem but rather are the health, education and social systems which surround the child. Social media and video game overuse has resulted in brain changes contributing to rising rates of cyberbullying, violence, polarity, extremism and racism, yet clinicians rarely connect these dots. Screen centric homes, schools, clinics and communities require clinicians with a unified, trauma informed approach to begin the long journey back from screens toward engagement in healthy activities. Schools are creating Virtual Classrooms, and homes are creating Virtual Families, further alienating children from essential human connection and attachment that is the basis for optimizing child development, behavior and learning. Children are our future, yet choices made today raise the question: are the ways in which we are raising and educating our children with technology no longer sustainable?
Learning Outcomes
- Relate current technology research to physical, mental, social and cognitive performance.
- Apply knowledge regarding the 4 critical factors for achieving healthy child sensory, motor and attachment development.
- Review technology screening tools and techniques for screen management and reduction.
- Apply balanced technology management initiatives to achieve optimal child growth and success.
Handouts
- Technology Tool Kit(Includes 75 handouts for parents, teachers and clinicians which can be reproduced for clients as needed)
Who should buy and watch Webinar?
Principals, teachers, administrators, special education teachers, counsellors, school psychologists, social workers and clinicians (includes pediatric occupational and physical therapists and speech and language pathologists). Reconnect Webinars are designed to be introductory level for principals, teachers and administrators, intermediate for counsellors, school psychologists and social workers and advanced for clinicians.
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Disconnect to Reconnect
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The Learning Paradox
Prioritizing foundations for child growth and success over screen use.
Teens
Finding the balance between virtual and real
Become a certified Screenbuster!
Find the balance between virtual and real.
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Become a certified Screenbuster!
Finding the balance between virtual and real.
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