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Fight Screen Addiction
CREATE works with Supportive Space Counseling to provide families licensed therapy services. Our program is overseen by Dr. Lindsay Scholz, who is a professor of adolescent and family therapy. She has Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CCATP, CAIMHP, CCTP, CGCS, C-DBT certifications and over 10 years of experience.
In addition to that, we have an talented staff of graduate students supporting this service, which means that individualized support that is affordable is always available!
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Education
In 22 days you will learn all about how skills are impacting a child's development, what "No Screen Zones" are and how to create them, practicing safe surfing online, dealing with video game addiction, telling AI from real and so much more...
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Skill Building
We teach kids how to notice overuse in the mind and body so they can grow self responsibility over their own screen time. Then we arm them with coping skills, life skill building alternatives and activities that spur creativity.
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On Call One-on-One Support
Need extra help with setup, strategy or follow through?
Some children have special circumstances they are working with, others have a strong video game addiction that will require more individualized help. A general challenge to reduce screen time will not work as well with these children.
Don’t worry individualized support that is affordable or free is always available!
CREATE provides regular service to all families but also provides reduced cost/free services at a means tested basis. Families that can provide required documents to show need for financial assistance can enroll in our program for free.
Start Reducing your Screen Time and Tantrums Today!
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Studies on Screens
We put together an educational program that gives you all of the latest details on how screens impact a child's development, behavior and mental health. To help promote behavioral change, we brake down all of this info into 5 minute emails that are sent out daily. This makes change easy and consistent!
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Better Communication
We provide example scripts so you know what to say and make recommendations so your conversations with family are successful. Use our Parenting Guide on Communication to improve all of your conversations including those annoying ones where you have to get the adults to cooperate on making changes.
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Better Alternatives
Receive alternative activities that build a child up, instead of waste their time. These activities grow creativity, self esteem and life skills that make a big impact in a child's life. Activities include resources to grow gardens, start a workshop or STEM hobby, learn how to fix anything and take up art or even martial arts.
In addition to a therapy plan CREATE's Screen Reduction Program delivers daily education.
Daily Breakdown:
Day 1 – The impact screens are making to children
Day 2 – Identifying your specific symptoms and setting goals
Day 3 – Age based usage suggestions & reviewing your use
Day 4 – Cooperative Communication Guide
Day 5 – Setting Expectations and Consequences
Day 6 – What “No Screen Zones” are & How to create them
Day 7 – Logging Screen Time and Gaining Adult Cooperation
Day 8 – Earning Extra Screen time
Day 9 – Using the Gradual Change Reduction Chart
Day 10 – Family Bonding Night / Exploring Screen Alternatives
Day 11 – Teaching kids about Online Safety
Day 12 – Battling Tech and Gaming Addiction
Day 13 – Bullying, Peer Pressure & Influences Online
Day 14 – The Appeal of Games & Better Replacements
Day 15 – Screen Reduction Progression Stage 2
Day 16 – Leading By Example & Parent Child Connection Building
Day 17 – Embracing Boredom & Cultivating Creativity
Day 18 – Screen Time and the Mental Health Connection
Day 19 – Spotting Overuse & Body Skills for Self Care
Day 20 – The Screens & Sleep Connection
Day 21 – Teaching Children Self Responsibility Over Screen Use
Day 22 – Staying on Track & Setting Long Term Goals
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Peak inside...
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Features:
- Daily lessons in 3-5 minute emails
- 10 worksheets to support your specific needs
- 3 Full Guides on having tough talks, dealing with video game addiction and promoting outdoor play
- An evidence backed process to create habit changes
- Lifetime access
Benefits
- Latest news regarding the developmental impact screens have in kids
- Help in identifying your personal situation and goals
- Help in reducing your usage incrementally
- Help in setting responsibilities and consequences
- Help in learning about safe screen usage like identifying bullying, risky behavior, AI and more.
Transformational Challenges:
Becoming a Better Parent in Just 5 Minutes a Day
CREATE provides parenting education to over 1 Million of families by making them simple to understand and engaging to work with. This challenge is another example of our work. It sources the most effective habit building strategies and puts it into bite size emails parents read in less than 5 minutes a day. Then use our bonus printable activity or worksheet to bring the lesson to life in your life.
Daily 5 minute lessons might sound strange, since we’re used to learning from long informative books, detailed lectures, and webinars. But life is extra busy right now and the added stress that kids add to the day make these longer formats hard to follow through on. That’s why CREATE developed Transformation Challenges that guide parents through creating a behavioral change with their child in incremental steps.
Instead of a big book or online course you have to separate time to complete, we organized a strategy that is based off of short, practical steps that you learn in daily emails. Each email takes just 3-5 minutes to read and a few more to do.
These Challenges focus on:
Being Efficient: Delivered daily emails so you can read quickly and act on fast.
Promoting Follow Through: Each email has a specific, doable action for that day that works towards your reduction goal.
Building Long Term Parenting Skills: Every day your parenting skills will improve, making these habits a natural part of your family life.
Keeping You on Track: Put the stress of remembering on us! Our regular reminders keep you focused and on track.
Learning About Yourself: Some emails help you reflect and grow as a parent.
The email guidance lets you choose when to read the lessons. Whether it’s at lunch, waiting for dry cleaning, or in the grocery store line, our educational emails can be read anytime, anywhere.
If you follow the tips we give over the next month, you’ll start to see a change in your child’s behavior and their responsibility with smart devices. They’ll improve at taking breaks from them and using them more safely.