Parent Forum: The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age

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The Big Disconnect:  Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships

in the Digital Age  

Monday, November 18

7:00-8:30pm Ottoson Cafetorium

 Dr. Catherine
Steiner-Adair will help parents understand the ways in which technology and

media are putting children at risk at early elementary and middle school years

and challenging what it means to be a family. She will give the audience the

skills to distinguish between educational, healthy and unhealthy use, and

practical strategies for nourishing deep attention, creativity, empathy and

healthy relationships

Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair is an internationally recognized

clinical psychologist, school consultant, and author. In her book, The Big

Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age

(Harper), Dr. Steiner-Adair examines ways in which technology and media are

putting our children at risk at every stage of development, while challenging

what it means to be a family.

Dr. Steiner-Adair works with school heads, boards, faculty,

students, and parents, with consultations that can range from an evening talk,

to a one-day visit, or, as with many schools, an ongoing relationship that

spans years. She is often invited to present to health professionals, PTAs,

synagogues and clergy groups, non-profit organizations, corporate retreats, and

fundraising events. As a resource to the media, Dr. Steiner-Adair has appeared

on The Today Show,Good Morning America, The Discovery Channel, CNN, PBS, and

NPR, and has been quoted in numerous newspapers and magazines