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Digital media use in youth: Navigating the tensions between online risk and opportunity during a complex time

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Digital media use in youth: Navigating the tensions between online risk and opportunity during a complex time

Digital media use in youth: Navigating the tensions between online risk and opportunity during a complex time

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Date: October 16, 2023
Time: 9 a.m. to noon ET
Facilitators: Marshall Korenblum, MD, FRCP (C), Dip. Child Psych. and Bethany Good, PhD, RSW

Description:
Today’s youth grow up online. How does near constant use of social media affect relationships, learning and mental health? This training will examine the pros and cons of information technology for both therapists and clients. These themes are particularly relevant considering the integral role of internet-enabled communication during the global pandemic. Clinicians and educators must understand the impact and concept of digital media if they are to keep youth safe and support their growth to adulthood.

Topics covered will include:

  • Media/digital literacy
  • Strategies and tools to help mediate and monitor tech use
  • Harm reduction vs. abstinence when containing social media use
  • The good: connecting, resources, peer supports
  • The bad: cyberbullying, pornography, online luring, poison envy
  • Establishing a balance of screen use following the COVID-19 increased dependency on digital media use
  • Implications of AI and chatbot-based mental health interventions


Learning objectives:

  • Opportunities and risks of using social/digital media
  • How to bridge the divide between therapist and (young) clients when using social/digital media
  • How to enhance safety and privacy online when seeing young people in therapy


Registration fee:
General - $125  |  Student - $112.50

For full program overview and registration details please visit: https://cvent.me/EQL9wl

Continuing Education (CE) information: 3 CE hours

SickKids CCMH Learning Institute has approval from the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) for participants of our programming to apply the number of CE hours earned in the program towards their continuing education hours.

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 for their consideration.


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