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Ask the Experts—WebinarBeyond Clicks and Comments: A Broad View of Technology’s Impacts on Our Society
What are the the implications of digital media's influence on our society? What do we need to learn about one of the most crucial, pervasive, and ubiquitous aspects of our society today?
Civic EngagementEducation & LearningEthical DesignMental Health8 Speakers -
Ask the Experts—WebinarMinds on Media: The Associations between Screen Engagement and Children’s Developing Brains
How can we use screens responsibly in order to have a positive impact on children's cognitive abilities both at home and in the classroom?
Brain and CognitionEducation & LearningSpeakersMartin Paulus, MD
Scientific Director and President, Laureate Institute for Brain Research Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
Naomi Baron, PhD
Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
Jason Chein, PhD
Director, Temple University Brain Research & Imaging Center, Professor, Department of Psychology, Temple Universit
Marc Potenza, MD, PhD
Director, Division on Addictions Research at Yale, Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Child Study, Yale University School of Medicine
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Ask the Experts—WebinarSchool’s in Session: How to Navigate the Upcoming Academic Year
What does school life look like as we transition out of the pandemic in 2021?
Education & LearningMental HealthSpeakersBeth Tarasawa, PhD
Executive Vice President of Research, NWEA
Donna Tetreault
Parenting Journalist, Author, Dear Me: Letters to Myself for All of my Emotions, Founder, Caring Counts
Phyllis Fagell, LCPC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Certified Professional School Counselor, School Counselor in Washington, DC, Author, Journalist
Joseph McGuire, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Theresa Chapple-McGruder, PhD, MPH
Epidemiologist, Director, A Local Department of Public Health
Sean Bulson, EdD
Superintendent, Harford County Public Schools, Maryland
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Ask the Experts—WebinarDigital Reset: A Primer for Transitioning Out of the Pandemic
What does life after the height of social distancing look like? How can parents and children “digitally reset” to decrease daily screen time?
Social RelationshipsEducation & LearningMental HealthParentingSpeakersCatherine Steiner-Adair, EdD
Clinical Psychologist; Consultant; Speaker
Alexis Lauricella, PhD
Director; Associate Professor
David J. Schonfeld, MD, FAAP
Director
Kathleen McGann, MD
Vice Chair of Education; Dr. Glen and Muriel Kiser Professor of Pediatrics
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Ask the Experts—WebinarDigitally Disconnected: Understanding the Digital Divide During COVID-19
How have children and families without reliable access to the internet and/or other resources handled the transition to online school, homework, socializing, extracurriculars, and the needs of daily life?
Digital EquityEducation & LearningMedia LiteracySpeakersLee Rainie
Director; Co-Author
Nicol Howard, PhD
Assistant Professor; Coordinator; Co-Director
Beth Holland, PhD
Partner
Colleen Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics; 2018 Past President
Angela Siefer
Executive Director
Antwuan Wallace
Managing Director
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Ask the Experts—WebinarOh, The Places They’ll Go? Reading in a Digital World
How is reading on paper different than reading digitally? What are the best practices for young people’s reading both on- and off-screen?
Education & LearningBrain and CognitionSpeakersMaryanne Wolf, EdD
Director; Professor
Kristen Hawley Turner, PhD
Professor & Director of Teacher Education
Rita Carter
Author
John Hutton, MS, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor; Director
Naomi Baron, PhD
Professor Emerita of Linguistics
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Ask the Experts—WebinarEyes on Screens: Maintaining Your Kids’ Ocular Health in a Digital World
How does screen time affect children's eye health?
Physical HealthEducation & LearningSleep HealthSpeakersDavid B. Granet, MD, MHCM, FACS, FAAO, FAAP
Director; Professor of Ophthalmology & Pediatrics
Kenneth Sorkin, OD, FAAO
Optometrist
Saoirse McCrann, PhD
Doctor of Optometry; Senior Science Writer
Mark Rosenfield, MCOptom, PhD
Professor; Editor-in-Chief
Lauren Hale, PhD
Professor of Family, Population and Preventative Medicine
Ken Nischal, MD, FRCOphth
Chief; Director; Professor of Ophthalmology
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Ask the Experts—WebinarHow to Build Creativity
What do we know about how to build creativity?
Brain and CognitionCharacter DevelopmentEducation & LearningParenting12 Speakers -
Ask the Experts—WebinarSchool’s Back, Now What? A Conversation About Teaching and Learning During COVID-19
How can families help students adjust to a new school year--marked for many by a shift to online learning--in the midst of a pandemic?
Education & LearningMental HealthParentingPhysical HealthSpeakersLisa Nielsen, MA
Senior Director; Permanently Certified Public School Educator and Administrator; Author
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
Editor-in-Chief; Director
Charmain Jackman, PhD
Psychologist; Founder
David McKinnon, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Elizabeth Englander, PhD
Director; Professor of Psychology