Overview

The webinar will provide an overview of an emerging public health issue. Screen use is increasing and there are only vague guidelines on what is appropriate usage. This is especially so for children, who tend to be vulnerable to overusing screens.

The webinar will cover screen addiction and guiding best practice, especially for parents, more specifically, it will focus on:

• skills in assessment and treatment of screen use,

• underlying influences, client vulnerabilities and how mental health issues contribute to overusing screens,

• screen addiction which is an emerging public health issue, and

• use of positive modelling to help children vulnerable to addiction.

Level of Learning

Foundational. This activity is targeted to those new to the topic.

Duration of access

Access to the recording and presenter slides is for 12 months from the date of confirmed registration.

APS CPD-Approved

This activity has been assessed against the APS Standards for CPD activities and approved for its education quality. Learn more about the APS CPD Approval process

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Activity details 

• On-demand webinar recording 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this webinar, participants should be able to:

• implement healthy screen management techniques.

• identify and assess screen addiction, and

• describe parenting strategies to promote healthy screen time.

Presenter(s)

Jordan Whitehead

About the presenter(s)

Jordan Whitehead is a Registered Psychologist who has been working in the mental health field, in both the public health system and in private practice, for over 15 years. Jordan works with clients with a variety of presenting concerns including (but not limited to) anxiety, depression, relationships, stress, and life-adjustment; and also has specialised experience working in the fields of addiction and suicide prevention.

Jordan is a passionate and practical Psychologist who works with client’s values in order to set collaborative treatment goals. Jordan draws from a range of treatment modalities and techniques but has a special interest and advanced training in Mindfulness-based approaches and integrates Mindfulness into her clinical practice with clients. He is also a qualified yoga and Mindfulness teacher, and has taught Mindfulness internationally and at universities in Australia.
Jordan is also passionate about preventative mental health, and recently completed a Master of Public Health.