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Picture Perfect? Teens, Media, and Social Comparison
How does digital media use affect adolescent social comparison, identity, well-being, body image, and more?
Social MediaBody ImageMental HealthSpeakersMitch Prinstein, PhD, ABPP
John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences; Assistant Dean; Co-Director
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Winston Family Initiative on Technology and Adolescent Brain Development
Sophie Choukas-Bradley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware
Allison Chase, PhD, CEDS
Regional Clinical Director
Eating Recovery Center
Amanda Mozea
Education Outreach Manager
MEDIAGIRLS
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Persuasive Technology
What is persuasive technology and how does it influence children's digital media use?
Ethical DesignMental HealthSpeakersYalda Uhls, MBA, PhD
Founder and Executive Director; Author
Center for Scholars & Storytellers University of California, Los Angeles; Media Moms and Digital Dads
Richard Freed, PhD
Child and Adolescent Psychologist; Author
Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age
Criscillia Benford, PhD
Educator and Communications Consultant; Co-Author; Board Member
Sensory Metrics of Neuromechanical Trust; Campaign for a Commerical-Free Childhood
Max Stossel
Head of Education; Poet and Filmmaker
Center for Humane Technology
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It’s Not Funny: Cyberbullying and Other Online Cruelty
How can parents and students prevent and handle adverse online experiences such as cyberbullying?
Social MediaCyberbullyingMental HealthSocial RelationshipsSpeakersElizabeth Englander, PhD
Director
Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center, Bridgewater State University
Trisha Prabhu
University Student; Founder and CEO
Harvard University; ReThink
Melissa Faith, PhD
Clinical Pediatric Psychologist
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
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School’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
Digital Literacy and Inclusion, New York CIty Department of Education; Teaching Generation Next
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
Editor-in-Chief; Director
JAMA Pediatrics; Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Charmain Jackman, PhD
Psychologist; Founder
InnoPsych, Inc.
David McKinnon, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Stony Brook University
Elizabeth Englander, PhD
Director; Professor of Psychology
Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center; Bridgewater State University
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Coping with Screens: What Parents Need to Know About Technology and Mental Health
How can parents, families, and practitioners support children's and teens' mental health in the midst of a pandemic?
Mental HealthSocial MediaSocial RelationshipsSpeakersPaul Mitrani, MD
Clinical Director; Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Child Mind Institute
Tracy Asamoah, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Life Coach
Sarah E. Domoff, PhD
Clinical Child Psychologist; Expert; Director
Children's Media Use and Problematic Media Use in Adolescents; The Family Health Lab, Central Michigan University
Elizabeth Dexter-Mazza, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist; President; Co-Author
DBT in Schools, LLC; DBT STEPS: A Social Emotional Learning Curriculum
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Obsession or Addiction? Technology Use and What Parents Can Do
How can parents recognize technology addiction in children and help children develop healthy digital media habits?
Brain and CognitionDigital AddictionMental HealthSpeakersGayathri J. Dowling, PhD
Director
Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Daria Kuss, PhD
Associate Professor in Psychology; Associate Course Leader
MSc Cyberpsychology, Nottingham Trent University
Hillarie Cash, PhD
Founding Member, Chief Clinical Officer, and Education Director
reSTART Life, LLC
Lisa Strohman, JD, PhD
Psychologist; Attorney; Author; Founder and Director
Digital Citizen Academy
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Constantly Connected: The Social Media Lives of Teenagers
How does social media use affect adolescents psychologically--and how can families help them balance social connection and unhealthy online engagement?
Social MediaMental HealthSocial RelationshipsSpeakersLarry Rosen, PhD
Professor Emeritus and Past Chair
Department of Psychology, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Emily Weinstein, PhD
Principal Investigator
Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Kara Bagot, MD
Medical Director; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai Center on Addiction Alliance; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Linda Charmaraman, PhD
Senior Research Scientist; Director
Wellesley Centers for Women; Youth, Media, and Wellbeing Research Lab
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Summer of COVID-19: Teens and Screens?
How can parents manage teens' screen use and support their health and development during an unprecedented pandemic?
ParentingMental HealthSpeakersRobert M. Bilder, PhD, ABPP-CN
Michael E. Tennenbaum Family Distinguished Professor and Chief, Division of Psychology; Co-Director
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Department of Psychology, UCLA College of Letters and Science, Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA Stewart & Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA; MindWell Pod of the Semel UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative
Paul Weigle, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Associate Medical Director; Chair of the Media Committee
Natchaug Hospital; American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Delaney Ruston, MD
Documentary Filmmaker; Speaker; Physician
SCREENAGERS and Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER
Richard Louv
Journalist; Author
Our Wild Calling, How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives—and Save Theirs; Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder; The Nature Principle; and Vitamin N
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