Foster and Kinship Care: The Real Impact & Effects of the Media on the Family: What We Can Do (4 hours)

This class is broken up into 2 parts.

In the morning participants will learn findings from studies on media content that covers positive effects such as early learning, exposure to new ideas & knowledge, greater contact for social support along with the negative effects, which could include, sleep disturbances, attention & learning disorders, increased incidence of obesity, depression, exposure to inappropriate/unsafe content. In the afternoon participants will learn useful ways to encourage curiosity and positive aspects of learning through the media, how to prevent children from spending too much time in the media at the expense of human interactions, avoid overexposure to materials that cannot be properly processed or understood and promote personal, family and social values to avoid being completely influenced by the media. You will leave with tools to better manage, monitor and utilize the media in productive and positive ways for the family.

If participants do not attend the morning, they cannot attend the afternoon please register once for the full day.

• 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
• (lunch 12:00pm -1:00pm)
• 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Instructor: Nicolas Huerta, Tahoe Family Resource Specialist/ FKCE Trainer