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Ask the Experts—WebinarWin or Lose: What to Do About Videogaming
What should families know about video gaming, its effects on child development, and how to manage children's video game use?
Video GamingParentingSpeakersMarc Potenza, PhD, MD
Professor of Psychiatry; Director
Cam Adair
Founder; Director; Keynote Speaker
Douglas A. Gentile, PhD
Professor of Developmental Psychology; Editor; Co-author
Edward Spector, PsyD
Psychologist
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Ask the Experts—WebinarParenting Just Children: A How-To Conversation About Race, Social Justice Activism, and The Media
How can families, educators and clinicians talk with children, students, and patients about race and ways that families can help create a more socially just society?
Race and EthnicityCivic EngagementSocial MediaViolent ContentSpeakersDominic A. Rollins, PhD
Director;
Valerie Adams-Bass, PhD
Assistant Professor of Education
Howard C. Stevenson, PhD
Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education; Professor of Africana Studies in Human Development and Quantitative Methods; Executive Director
Jacqueline Douge, MD, MPH, FAAP
Pediatrician; Podcast Host; Author
Craig Watkins, PhD
Ernest A. Sharp Centennial Professor; Author
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Ask the Experts—WebinarIt’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
Trisha Prabhu
University Student; Founder and CEO
Melissa Faith, PhD
Clinical Pediatric Psychologist
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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
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Ask the Experts—WebinarFact or Fake? How to Teach Your Kids to Spot Misinformation
How can parents, educators, children and teens learn to critically analyze and differentiate between news, opinion, propaganda, misinformation, and advertising online?
Media LiteracyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Civic EngagementParentingSpeakersJoel Breakstone, PhD
Director
Jevin D. West, PhD
Associate Professor; Co-Director; Director
Diana Graber, MA
Author; Co-Founder; Founder
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Ask the Experts—WebinarSleep and Screens During COVID-19
How does digital media use affect children's sleep health?
ParentingPhysical HealthSleep HealthSpeakersCharles E. Czeisler, MD, PhD
Frank Baldino, Jr., PhD Professor of Sleep Medicine; Director; Chief and Senior Physician
Rebecca Robbins, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow; Co-author
Kim West, LCSW-C
Child and Family Therapist; Author
Wendy M. Troxel, PhD, CBSM
Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology; Clinical Psychologist
Lauren Hale, PhD
Professor of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine; Vice Chair
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Ask the Experts—WebinarThe Porn Conversation: The Effects of Pornography on Youth and How to Talk About It
Porn is increasingly a source of sex education for youth. How can parents talk with young people about pornography in a digital age?
Social MediaParentingSexual ContentViolent ContentSpeakersGail Dines, PhD
President and CEO; Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies
Marc Potenza, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Child Study, and Neuroscience
Jo Robertson, PGDip, MSc
Sex Therapist; Research & Training Lead
Carolyn West, PhD
Author; Filmmaker; Domestic Violence Expert; Cultural Sensitivity Trainer; Professor of Psychology
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Ask the Experts—WebinarCoping 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
Tracy Asamoah, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Life Coach
Sarah E. Domoff, PhD
Clinical Child Psychologist; Expert; Director
Elizabeth Dexter-Mazza, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist; President; Co-Author
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Ask the Experts—WebinarObsession 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
Daria Kuss, PhD
Associate Professor in Psychology; Associate Course Leader
Hillarie Cash, PhD
Founding Member, Chief Clinical Officer, and Education Director
Lisa Strohman, JD, PhD
Psychologist; Attorney; Author; Founder and Director