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Pre-Recorded Homestudy

The Digital World & Social Media: Understanding & Working with Families & Adults


Topic Areas:
Families |  Social Media
Speaker:
Michael M. Osit, Ed.D.
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
6 hours
License:


Description

Digital devices and social media are embedded in our lives.  They are not just a conduit in our culture, they define our culture.  The unique and clinical issues screens are having on child development, parenting, family functioning, and adult relationships will be presented.  Clinicians now need to be equipped with a unique understanding and strategic clinical approaches in working with twenty-first century clients.

 

By the end of the program participants will be able to:

  1. Identify at least 3 developmental issues that screens and social media impact child development in the digital age.
  2. Identify at least 5 clinical interventions to help twenty-first century parents.
  3. Identify unique clinical strategies in working with today’s youth.
  4. Understand how screens and social media affect self-esteem in adults.
  5. Identify at least 3 ways screens and social media impact social relationships.
  6. Identify unique strategies in working with adults and couples immersed in the digital world.

Credits


VT Psychologists Ethics

Courses sponsored by the Vermont Psychological Association are pre-approved for continuing education for psychologists by the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners.  This course earns 6 ethics continuing education credits.

Psychologists (states using APA approval) (Live Events)

The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor live continuing education for psychologists.  The Vermont Psychological Association maintains responsibility for its programs and their content.


Completion of this course earns 6 continuing education credits.  Psychologists licensed in states whose licensing board approves continuing education offered by APA-approved sponsors may earn continuing education credits for this course.

 

VT LICSW

Continuing education courses sponsored by the Vermont Psychological Association are pre-approved by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation for continuing education credit for licensed independent clinical social workers in Vermont.  This course provides 6 CE credits for Vermont licensing.

 

VT LCMHC/LMFT

This course has been approved for continuing education credit by the Vermont Board of Allied Mental Health and earns 6 continuing education credits.

 


Speaker

Michael M. Osit, Ed.D.'s Profile

Michael M. Osit, Ed.D. Related Seminars and Products

Clinical Psychologist & Author

Wachtung Psychological Associates


Dr. Michael Osit is a practicing psychologist with over 40 years of experience working with children/adolescents/families/adults/couples.  Dr. Osit is a frequent presenter, using an infotainment format, to psychological, educational, and parenting organizations both locally and nationally on a wide variety of topics.

 

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Osit is the author of “Generation Text: Raising Well Adjusted Kids In ,An Age Of Instant Everything,” (Amacom, 2008) awarded “Best Book of the Year” by Instructor Magazine, and was one of 5 finalists out of 440 books reviewed for the 13th Annual Books For Life Awards in the category of Parenting.

 

His most recent book is entitled, “The Train Keeps Leaving Without Me: A Guide To Happiness, Freedom, and Self-Fulfillment,” (Creative Publishing, 2016).  Dr. Osit also writes a monthly health psychology column called, “Mind the Mind,” in a New Jersey publication, and has had a strong media presence appearing on local, national, and cable TV shows.  Additionally, he has been interviewed in the print media for magazines such as Parenting, Women’s Day, Better Homes & Gardens, Self, and Parade.


Course Objectives

Objective 1

Identify at least 3 developmental issues that screens and social media impact child development in the digital age.


Objective 2

Identify at least 5 clinical interventions to help twenty-first century parents.


Objective 3

Identify unique clinical strategies in working with today’s youth.


Objective 4

Understand how screens and social media affect self-esteem in adults.

 


Objective 5

Identify at least 3 ways screens and social media impact social relationships.


Objective 6

Identify unique strategies in working with adults and couples immersed in the digital world.