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NEW tip sheet: “Neurodivergent Youth and Digital Media” addresses the unique aspects of how neurodivergent youth experience digital media and provides tips for parents and caregivers to support healthy use. Featuring expert insights on: • Managing media use while minimizing family conflict • Teaching healthy communications on digital platforms • Accommodating sensory processing differences • Reaping the benefits of digital media use • And more! Read the full tip sheet: https://lnkd.in/dj-K3iD5 #ParentingTips #neurodiversity #DigitalMedia

Have you ever wondered how much screen time is too much? For children under five years old, national and international health guidelines recommend one hour or less of screen time per day. The reason is simple: Young children's brains aren't designed to learn from screens. They learn best during meaningful social interactions with familiar adults. Babies especially need to experience real objects and explore them with all of their senses. Even toddlers need help to make sense of what they see on the screen. For young children, try to limit screen time to occasional, brief interactions that are: 1. Social (like a video chat with Grandma), 2. Interactive, not passive (playing Peek-a-Boo with Grandma instead of watching a video clip) 3. Shared jointly with a 'co-viewer' (mum or dad participating alongside the child) 4. Meaningful (related to your child's real-life experiences)

Today, the Surgeon-General shared a compelling opinion on the need for health labels on social media. Highlighting the adverse effects of mis/overuse on children/teens, it helps underscore the potential for a distorted reality and self-esteem impact experienced by users. Transparency in online content consumption is crucial to helping address these challenges. Identifying whether an image is AI-generated or manipulated is essential to operating and living in an increasingly digitized world. Truepic is committed to this mission and collaborates with various partners in the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) and beyond to help mitigate these downside risks with transparency in what we see and hear online. https://lnkd.in/e5i-6drb

A survey, funded by Hopelab with support from Common Sense Media, aims to deepen our understanding of #socialmedia among teens and young adults. "Researchers reached out to young people themselves—instead of their parents, teachers, or doctors. Their results illuminate just how complex the relationship between young adults and social media actually is." #mentalhealth #digitalsafetyalliance #onlinesafety #digitalsafety

Check out a blog I wrote for Brent Peus Jr. and GSV Ventures about teen loneliness and how digital social interaction is impacting the next generation. If you have thoughts, leave them in the comments and let’s talk more!

Our new report, “Social Media and Adolescent Health,” examines the research addressing social media’s impact on the mental and physical health of young people and provides recommendations about platform design and accountability, digital media literacy, harassment and abuse, and research. Learn more and access report resources, including a tip sheet for parents and an informative video, through the link below: https://lnkd.in/e4vAJnKk #SocialMedia #AdolescentHealth #DigitalMedia

Behavior is more complex than we’ve ever seen. Teenage rates of depression and anxiety are off the charts. Preschoolers have more behavioral disruption than we’ve seen. We already had an epidemic of loneliness, compounded with continual research that screens are hurting our kids, and then, we ran an experiment on children with two years of social isolation and lack of access to the helpers and healers. Please join me for a special Open House ConnectEd Collab on May 2nd for medical providers just like you. I'll be introducing the Clarity Model which is a deep dive into understanding these complex behaviors, and how you can address them in your practice to better support the children and families you serve. Our next virtual ConnectEd Collab will take place on Thursday, May 2nd at 12:30 PM PST. Zoom Link To Join: https://lnkd.in/gpSrtyEZ Come as you are, bring your lunch, bring your questions, and join us for a dose of connection and community! Learn more about Connected Collabs here: https://lnkd.in/g9aSZ--G I hope to see you there! . . . . #DoctorAmyllc #ConnectedCollabs #ResilientChildhoods #EmpoweringProfessionals #BuildingConnections #DoctorAmy #TraumaResponse #TraumaInformedCare #CommunitySupport #ACEs #TraumaInformedHealing #RelationalHealth #Resilience #TraumaInformedHealthCare #HealthCare

One in eight Instagram users under the age of 16 experiences unwanted sexual advances on the platform. Thanks to MN Rep. Zack Stephenson, our state has new legislation (HF 4400) to hold social media companies to account! As reported in Jonathan Haidt's substack today, Rep Stephensen worked with Ravi Iyer, technologist, and psychologist, to craft the legislation. The impact of technology on MN youth was reported by our Attorney General Keith Ellison in Feb 2024. I encourage all Minnesotans to read, "The Report on Emerging Technology and Its Effects on Youth Wellbeing." As a public health leader of Digital Wellbeing, this new legislation gives me hope! It is an example of legislators, government officials, and technologists working to improve the online lives of children and young people. #digitalwellbeing, #onlinesafety https://lnkd.in/gfigt7sy

You've likely seen the U.S. Surgeon General is prioritizing and addressing the epidemic of loneliness and isolation, which he cites increases heart disease, risk of stroke and premature death by about 25-30%! A Harvard 2020 study found loneliness most severe among 18-25 year olds with 3 out of 5 young adults reporting 'serious loneliness.' Like many other posts this month, we're breaking the stigma and sharing tools. Here are three free ones! ✔ Connection: 5 Actions for 5 days https://lnkd.in/ei6yqyih. - Make it a team, family or friend affair and be each other accountability partners ✔ May 22 -Social skills virtual event: How adults can help kids and teens with social skills hosted by Renee Jain https://lnkd.in/evyeFupY ✔ Toolkit: Ways to change phone norms as a community (authored by Erez Levin) To read more about the research of the impact of early phone use, Jonathon Haidt released his new book, "The Anxious Generation" last month: https://lnkd.in/eUA9gdeZ

How can brands improve in supporting autistic individuals this April and all year round? Find out actionable steps in our most recent article: https://lnkd.in/gZtA3hT2