Navigating Screens: Helping our little ones thrive, on and offline
Join us for a workshop and talk by Dr. Yoni Schwab, Assistant Head of School at the Shefa School in Manhattan, on our families’ relationships with screens.
We will use psychological science to strategize how to change our families’ relationships with screens to maximize their benefits and minimize their harms - and work to overcome the collective action challenges in our communities.
When Jonathan Haidt’s bestselling book, The Anxious Generation, was published last year, it sparked a national conversation about the harms that smartphones and social media have on children and teens. Phones or tablets have become ubiquitous and indispensable to our lives, so how do we learn to live with these powerful, useful, and addictive technologies? The best time to chart that path is when our children are very young - when we as parents have the most control over their access to technology. Join us on the 23rd to begin your family's planning on navigating screens to help our youngest thrive.
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- Early Childhood Education
- Family Engagement
Yoni Schwab, PhD, is the Assistant Head of School at the Shefa School in Manhattan, the first and largest Jewish day school in the world for children with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities. As a member of the 3-person founding team, he has been involved in every aspect of the school since its launch in 2014. A clinical psychologist, Yoni previously served as the Psychologist at The Windward School and on the faculty of the Windward Teacher Training Institute. He is an Adjunct Clinical Supervisor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Yeshiva University and maintains a private clinical practice. He is a sought-after presenter on a range of topics, including ADHD, anxiety, limit setting, learning disabilities, and the effects of technology on youth. He lives in Riverdale, NY, with his wife (a teacher) and has 3 children.
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