Raising Digital Natives: Screentime Strategies for Healthy Families
Join us for an interactive and informative virtual parenting workshop designed for parents of children ages 8-12 to explore the challenges and opportunities of raising digital natives in a connected world.
Learning Objectives
This session will provide valuable education on how social media and screen time impact your child's development, mental health, and social skills. We’ll delve into:
- Overview of social media and screen time in modern parenting
- Tech/social media impact on child development, including typical risks by gender
- How social media influences social and communication skills
- Identifying signs of screen addiction and emotional distress
We will equip you with practical strategies, including how to:
- Evaluate age-appropriate media
- Tailor usage and guidelines to the unique needs of your child (including for children who are neurodivergent)
- Set healthy boundaries, implement structure, and encourage balanced screen use
- Lead by example and foster open communication
Special attention will be given to how social media and screen time can be particularly addictive and how they can uniquely impact neurodivergent children, including strategies to support their specific needs. Gain actionable tools to foster open communication, create a family media plan to manage screen time effectively, and empower your child to thrive both online and offline.
About Instructor(s)
Dr. Ayal Goldberg earned his B.A. in Psychology from Binghamton University, then completed both his master’s in Educational Psychology, and his Doctorate of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Combined School and Clinical Psychology at Kean University, an institution accredited by both NASP and APA. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in the State of New York.
With a warm and compassionate approach, Dr. Goldberg specializes in helping children, adolescents, and families who have experienced trauma or are facing disruptive behavior challenges. He values working closely with families and caregivers to support their youth in managing emotions and behaviors effectively. He is particularly passionate about helping families navigate technology and media, offering strategies to establish healthy screen time habits and promote social-emotional development.
While employing evidence-based treatment modalities, Dr. Goldberg tailors his approach to fit the unique circumstances of each individual and family. His therapeutic techniques include Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Parent Management Training (PMT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Game-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (GB-CBT).
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Goldberg has training in school psychology, providing direct interventions, teacher consultations, and supportive services for children and adolescents facing emotional and educational hurdles. He integrates prior experience as a special education paraprofessional into his collaborative work with educational professionals.
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Dr. Alisa Trugerman is a New York State licensed psychologist (#009615). She received her B.A. as a dual major in biology and psychology at the University of Rochester and went on to earn her masters and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from Hofstra University. Dr. Trugerman has been a NYS certified school psychologist and provided special services in public schools. She is also a subject matter expert in the evaluation of employer based mental health programs; the quality assurance of outpatient and facility-based treatment services for health plans; and in the effectiveness of new technologies in the delivery of emotional wellbeing services.
Dr. Trugerman specializes in working with school-age children, teens and young adults with a focus on learning, developmental and motivational issues. She has been formally trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Psychodynamic Therapy, Family Systems and Parent Management Training. Her approach is holistic, working not only with the families’ of her patients but in consultation, collaboration with their health care provider(s), teachers, tutors, athletic coaches and community-based leaders. Dr. Trugerman works with her patients to develop mutually agreed upon objectives that are measurable and to create self-sustaining solutions that can achieve long term success. Dr. Trugerman has provided individual, family and group therapy in a variety of clinical settings to address issues of anxiety, depression, stress, learning disability, ADHD, self-esteem, substance use, parent-child conflict and marital discord.
Dr. Trugerman has lectured in child psychology and human sexuality; presented on multiple topics in behavioral health at professional and business conferences; and provided mental health awareness training for managers and supervisors for global employers. Her most recent publication in JAMA Psychiatry was regarding the use of exercise in mental health.
Dr. Trugerman is a member in good standing of the American Psychological Association (APA) in Division 53-Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. She has been the past president of an education foundation and the chairperson of a religious school. When not working, Alisa likes to ski, bike, play tennis, use her camera for landscapes or practice her guitar to “get outside” of herself.
