Produced online by popular demand, this educational webinar is adapted from a live “Kids’ Brains and Screens” event hosted by Paula Poundstone, with speakers Victoria Dunckley MD, child psychiatrist and author of Reset Your Child’s Brain, and Melanie Hempe, founder of ScreenStrong.  Approximately 1.5 hours long. Topics covered include:

• How interactive screen time acts like a stimulant and the triggers the body’s stress response (fight-or-flight)
• The mechanisms by which screen time alters brain chemistry, the body clock, brain blood flow, arousal regulation, and hormones
• How these physiological effects translate into different mental health symptoms in different children
• How “Electronic Screen Syndrome” mimics or exacerbates various mental health syndromes, causing misdiagnosis and overuse of medication
• How overuse of technology can present as poor focus, mood swings, tantrums, laziness, frequent arguments, or lack of achievement
• Why children don’t need to be addicted to show “side effects” of screen time
• How screens affect “pruning” and “paving” in brain development
• Why peer-oriented children fare more poorly than parent-oriented ones
• How a four week screen fast can “reset” a child’s overstimulated nervous system
• What life skills a child should possess before giving them a smartphone
• Why healthy attachment is protective against unhealthy tech use

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