Children, Technology Addiction, Parenting, and the Future
Presented by Kimberly Young, PsyD on 01-16-2015 at 9 a.m. Pacific to 11 a.m. Pacific (2 p.m. Eastern)
Technology is changing the nature of childhood. More than 30% of children under the age of 2 have used a tablet or smartphone and 75% of kids age 8 and younger live with one or more mobile devices in the home. Because technology is used so frequently in child play, the creativity and imaginations of our youth are left idle, and their opportunities to achieve optimal motor and sensory development are diminished. Compounding the problem, children react with defiance, disobedience, and in some cases, violence when parents try to limit or stop screen time.
This course explores the new concern of technology addiction among children and adolescents and draws on Dr. Young's decades of research. In this introductory course, she outlines the criteria, risk factors, and treatment of technology addiction. She shares her standardized "3-6-9-12 Parenting Guidelines" to integrate technology at home at each child's age, the new IMPROVE Tool for assessing children potentially addicted to technology, and her Parent-Child Internet Addiction Index (PCIAI) that is used nationally.
This web conference is beginning instructional level and designed to help clinicians:
- Assess and apply treatment strategies for technology addiction;
- Explain the "3-6-9-12 Parenting Guidelines" for technology use at every age;
- Describe the IMPROVE Tool and PCIAI assessment for children with technology behavior problems;
- Identify the harmful impact of technology and media on children's activities and development.
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Event Reviews from Members
"Parental tips and resources were excellent for therapists and parents alike. Really important topic often overlooked." - Elaine Willey, MA, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
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Meet the Presenter
Kimberly Young, PsyD
Dr. Kimberly Young, PsyD specializes in Internet addiction. She established the Center for Internet Addiction in 1995, and her empirically based treatment plan, CBT-IA, is the first of its kind. She is also a professor at St. Bonaventure University.
Dr. Young has written many book chapters, books, and articles on the topic of Internet addiction, including the book Caught in the Net, which is available in nine different languages. She created the 3-6-9-12 Parenting Guidelines addressing technology use in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Senate Communications Office, and she founded the first Internet addiction treatment clinic at the Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, The London Times, TIME magazine, Newsweek, Good Morning America, Fox News, CBS News, CNN, and ABC's World News Tonight. The Pennsylvania Psychological Association awarded Dr. Young with the Psychology in the Media Award. For additional information about Dr. Young and her work, please visit www.netaddiction.com.
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GoodTherapy.org is Approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
GoodTherapy.org has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6380. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GoodTherapy.org is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
This course has been approved by GoodTherapy.org, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #135463. GoodTherapy.org is responsible for all aspects of their programming.
GoodTherapy.org, provider #1352, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/30/2016 - 03/30/2019.- GoodTherapy.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0395.
- GoodTherapy.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0022 and for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0031.
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