Parent Talk Speaker Presentation for
Parents/Guardians Only
Wednesday, October 9th
TWO PRESENTATION TIMES!
8:00am - Enter/check in at the main office
6:30pm - Enter through the MPR via Goode Street
Where: WUES Cafeteria/MPR
Technology is shaping how our brain develops with positive and negative effects.
More teens are suffering from depression and anxiety than any other time in our history due to too much screen time.
Video game manufacturers hire teen testers to study the addictive nature of games in order to increase sales.
This presentation elucidates how screen exposure affects mood, learning, memory, physical wellbeing, and attachment as well as setting healthy tech limits.
SPEAKER BIO: Crystal Collier, PhD, LPC-S, a person in long-term recovery, therapist, educator, and author of The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide and Know Your Neuro: Adventures of a Growing Brain children's book series. The model for Dr. Collier's free online prevention and skills building program, Know Your Neuro, was selected for a Prevention and Education Commendation from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Dr. Collier received the Torch Bearer Award from the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals, Outstanding Research Award from the Association of Alternative Peer Groups, and voted Counselor of the Year by the Houston Counseling Association.
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