In this course, we cover practical strategies for engaging in healthy conversations about screen time, device use, and content that tweens and teens consume. We discuss the benefits and negative impacts that kids experience, as well as how to protect and prepare tweens and teens to approach social media, gaming, and device use responsibly. The instructor for this course is Brittany Anderson, an author, certified play and narrative intelligence practitioner, and the founder of Renala, which helps families become creative, vision-driven leaders—beginning at home.
This course covers the following learning objectives:
- List 3 adverse health outcomes for tweens/teens that may result from excessive technology use.
- List 3 impacts on a teen's mental health that may be the result of increased use of technology.
- Describe how a teen's anchor in identity can help manage mental health when frequently engaging with technology.
Outline for Managing Tech and Mental Health with Tweens and Teens.pdf
*This course includes a 1-hour conversational audio lesson, a 10-question quiz, and a certificate of completion with the successful completion of the quiz at 80%.
Your course will remain active for 180 days from purchase date.
Prenatal Substance Exposure Workshop
For Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Parents
Do you know or suspect your child was exposed prenatally to alcohol or drugs? Do you know the symptoms? Looking for strategies to support emotional dysregulation, lagging social skills, difficulty with executive functioning, and more?
Creating a Family offers this evidence-based, trauma-informed workshop to help parents recognize the signs and symptoms of prenatal exposure and train them on techniques that work best with these kids. We are able to offer several free workshops with the support of the Jockey Being Family® Foundation.
Creating a Family offers this evidence-based, trauma-informed workshop to help parents recognize the signs and symptoms of prenatal exposure and train them on techniques that work best with these kids. We are able to offer several free workshops with the support of the Jockey Being Family® Foundation.
