WATCH Wellness Workshop
December 2017:
Flipping Our Lens on Youth Challenges: Real Problems, Real Solutions
Exploring the intersectionality of technology, social media, and pop culture influences on depression, self-harm, and suicide in youth.
Many thanks to our collaborative partners who worked together to host this event:
Kids Speak Out: A Student Input Project
Our partners at Communities In Schools of North Texas interviewed students in their program, from kindergarten to 12th grade in the six school districts they serve: Bridgeport, Denton, Lake Dallas, Lewisville, Little Elm, and Northwest ISDs.
The students were asked, What do you wish your parents knew? and What do you need from your parents? Click on the image to the left to see their responses.
Social media: Impact on the brain
Presented by:
Lisa M. Elliott, Ph.D.
Cook Children’s Behavioral Health
Presentation materials:
- Presentation slides
- Have smartphones destroyed a generation?
- Media Use in School-Aged Children and Adolescents
- Media and technology use predicts ill-being among children, preteens and teenagers…
- Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Researchers
Challenges facing today’s youth
Presented by:
Monya Crow, M.Ed., CSC, LPC-S
Lewisville Independent School District
Presentation materials:
Real solutions: Strategies to develop positive coping skills to build social and emotional capacity in youth
Presented by:
David Huffman, Ph.D., LPC-S, RPT
Guiding Compass Counseling
Presentation materials:
“Flipping Our Lens on Youth Challenges” was presented on December 1, 2017 at Lewisville Independent School District’s Special Services Building.