Impact of Screen Time on Children and Adolescents: Behavioral Interventions for Setting Limits

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Target Audience

Social workers, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, educators, school personnel, mental health professionals, clinicians, health and human service practitioners, and other health care professionals.

Description

Irrefutable evidence confirms that early experiences alter brain architecture in children. Most children and adolescents spend numerous hours per day engaged with screens, far exceeding the maximum time recommended by experts. This program will focus on the connection between screen time and adolescent behavior and mental health outcomes. The presenter will explore numerous strategies designed to replace disruptive behavior in children and adolescents with pro-social behavior, and specifically address time spent on screens. The evidence supporting behavioral interventions will be examined and the concepts learned in this program will be applied to various cases.

Faculty
Ronnie Zuckerman, MSW
Clinical Assistant Professor
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work

This presenter is being supported through a partnership between UNC-CH, School of Social Work and the NCAHEC Program.

Charlotte AHEC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5096. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Charlotte AHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

Objectives

• Explain how behavior is learned and how habits, both helpful and unhelpful, become ingrained;
• Analyze the research about the impact of screen time upon children and adolescents;
• Describe the theoretical framework behind behavioral interventions;
• List strategies to reinforce pro-social behaviors and extinguish disruptive behaviors.

Contact

Gabriela Staley MEd, 704-512-6523

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