This 6 week parent group presents ideas specifically designed for parents who wonder, “What can I do to help my online teen?”
Navigating the pull of this online world is often an overwhelming and scary task for todays’ parents. This course provides a map to help guide you through a challenge that has no easy answers. This content-based series provides you with tools you can begin using today. It is also an opportunity for you to connect with other parents who are experiencing similar challenges, and offers a space for support and understanding.
Facilitator: Bonnie Dyck, MSW, RCC
Bonnie has almost 20 years experience as a therapist and 7 years direct experience as a Family Therapist for a youth addiction program that inclusively addressed gaming/online addiction.
This course is supported by a Human-Nature Counselling Student Intern.
Series topics:
- Benefits and consequences of gaming, social media, and video sharing platforms
- Adolescent brain development
- Gaming/Social Media-reward pathway
- Addiction vs. problematic use
- Counterwill
- CALM Connected Parenting Approach
- Stages of Change
- Motivation and ambivalence
- Family foundations as a springboard to boundary setting
- Discipline versus Punishment
- Consequences
- Risk and Protective Factors
- Strengthening relationships through managing interactions
- Shifting of unhelpful entrenched patterns
- Maximizing your influence as a parent
Program dates:
- Tuesday, Oct. 11, 12 – 1:30 pm
- Tuesday, Oct. 18, 12 – 1:30 pm
- Tuesday, Oct. 25, 12 – 1:30 pm
- Tuesday, Nov. 1, 12 – 1:30 pm
- Tuesday, Nov. 8, 12 – 1:30 pm
- Tuesday, Nov. 15, 12 – 1:30 pm
Program Information
Dates
October 11 to November 15Times
Tuesdays, 12-1:30pmLocation
Online via secure ZoomProgram Facilitators
Bonnie Dyck, MSW, RCCFees
$250; a sliding scale is available, please inquire for more informationRegistration Information
To register, email [email protected]