Package Description

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Description:
The use of screens, both televisions and mobil devices, has pervaded all age groups, including infants,  young children and their parents.  Screen use by infants/young children has been shown to have effects on their language development and executive functioning. Secure attachment to caregivers facilitates cognitive skills across domains and throughout childhood, yet the quality of caregiver/young child attachment has been negatively correlated with screen use in caregivers.  Psychologists can educate and support the parents of infants and young children, and their medical and educational providers, with concrete strategies to decrease or minimize the harmful effects of screen use.  

Number of CE credits offered: 1

Program level: Intermediate

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the negative outcomes of high screen use on young children (0-5).
2. Review role of attachment on child development, particularly emotional regulation and executive functioning.
3. Explain connection between parents use of screens and young child attachment.
4. List three concrete strategies to reduce parent and young child screen use.

Speaker: Kate K McGoldrick, PhD, Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice