Always online: Therapeutic approaches in the age of chronic screen use
Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute
Date: April 11, 2024
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Jake Ernst, MSW, RSW
Description:
The pervasive trend of being “always online” and the doubling of screen time during the pandemic have exacerbated various issues. These include the escalating adolescent mental health crisis, a surge in feelings of loneliness, a decline in social connections, a reluctance of kids not wanting to grow up, and the struggle to detach from our phones and laptops.
In today’s schools, hospitals, doctor’s offices, and therapy rooms, we are seeing the impacts of being constantly online. The adults who are raising and caring for today’s young people don’t have a common roadmap, highlighting the need for a collective therapeutic approach to managing screen use.
In this training, we will look at the modern clinical approaches for helping people of all ages build better relationships with screens and technology so they can build more balanced brains.
Areas of focus will include:
- How addictive algorithms capture our attention, making us more erratic, irrational, distracted, and self-focused
- How dopamine reshapes our reward pathways and how to rewire the reward circuitry
- How constant screen use rewires our social instincts and changes our relationships
- How excessive exposure to screens and technology changes the stress-threat response and impacts our ability to self-regulate and co-regulate
Learning objectives:
- Learn how to assess the four types of screen use and how to intervene when screen use becomes problematic
- Understand how to build healthier relationships with screens and technology – in friendships, partnerships and working relationships
- Learn how to rebalance the brain using the Balanced Brains Protocol – an integrative approach for parents, teachers and helping professionals at all levels
Registration fee: General - $300 | Student - $270
For full program overview and registration details please visit: https://cvent.me/X8ebAk
Facilitator Bio:
Jake Ernst, MSW, RSW (he/him) is a relational therapist and community educator. He is the Clinical Director at Straight Up Health, a family mental health clinic in Toronto, Canada. Jake provides clinical supervision to his team of therapists and maintains a successful practice where he supports young people and their families.
Jake is an engaging speaker and educator, and has delivered educational workshops about stress, burnout and mental health for executives and employees at Google, Starbucks, RBC, Home Depot, Equifax, and Hello Fresh. He has spoken at countless community health agencies, schools and conferences about mental, emotional and social health, both nationally and internationally.
Continuing Education (CE) information: 6 CE hours
SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) to offer continuing education (CE) hours. The number of eligible CE hours are outlined within each program. SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute maintains responsibility for the programs.
Other licensing boards and professional organizations will grant continuing education credits for attendance at their own discretion; participants will need to submit the course outline and Certificate of Participation for their consideration.
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