Free OHA PGS Webinar Recording
Technology and the Brain
Description
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. Dating sites are teaching youth that the “hook-up” is the norm. This presentation elucidates how screen exposure affects mood, learning, memory, sleep, and relationships as well as setting healthy tech limits.
Time Frame
This OHA webinar aired on 4/5/2023. Webinar recording will remain available indefinitely for participants to review and for everyone else to access and learn from. Continuing Education (CE) hours are not available for this recording.
CE Hours
This webinar recording is not accredited for Continuing Education (CE) hours.
Target Audience
Parents and families, mental health clinicians, addiction professionals, social workers, family therapists, professional counselors, psychologists, prevention specialists, mental health treatment supervisors, agency administrators, other helping professionals.
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Presenter
Instructor Crystal Collier
Crystal Collier, PhD, herself a person in long-term recovery, is a therapist and educator who has been working with adolescents and adults suffering from mental illness, behavioral problems, and substance use disorders since 1991. Her area of expertise includes adolescent brain development, prevention programming, parent coaching, addiction, family-of-origin work, and training new clinicians. Dr. Colliers' comprehensive prevention model, which teaches the neurodevelopmental effects of risky behavior to children, teens, teachers and parents, was selected for the 2015 Prevention and Education Commendation from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. In 2018, she received the Torch Bearer Award for her work in the field of addiction from the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals. In the same year, The Hope and Healing Center and Institute in Houston, TX, granted Dr. Collier a research fellowship to support the completion of The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide. In 2019, she received the Outstanding Research Award from the Association of Alternative Peer Groups and was acknowledged as Counselor of the Year by the Houston Counseling Association.
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