Clinton Dorny, the Executive Director at Discovery Ranch, Utah, accompanied by Thomas Holmes, Family Service Planner and Media Supervisor were interviewed on Parent Choices for Struggling Teens on L.A. Talk Radio. Discovery Ranch is a therapeutic boarding school for boys and girls. The two guests discussed the topic of the teenager brain in the digital world with L.A. Radio Talk show host Lon Woodbury. The essential question was: "It's not going to go away, so what should we do about it?"
How The Teenager Brain In the Digital World Is A Social Problem
The discussion started with a significant case study. A young adult who was # 3 worldwide in the World of Warcraft game. and who spent 17 hours before the computer was sent to the Ranch because he was pale, emaciated, and in a rage. During his initial couple of days, he often verbally lashed out at every person around him.
The guests explained how Discovery Ranch focused on detoxifying teens from technology. Studies showed that teens spent an average of 81/2 hours using digital technology. If you added in television, it came to about 11 hours. In one study in the UK, 1000 college students from 12 different campuses were unable to refrain from using a cell phone or computer within a 24 hour interval. They experienced feelings of depression, anxiety, and helplessness.
Much of this obsession with modern technology may very well be its power to help adolescents avoid all their real life issues and sweep their own unsolved psychological concerns under the rug. Discovery ranch discourages teenagers from depending on digital devices by banning the use of all devices and providing activities like taking care of horses as therapy, canoeing, rappelling, and climbing.
When teens first reach Discovery Ranch, they are told that they will definitely not have any kind of technology. This news hits them hard. They feel lost and distraught and may behave in a passive or aggressive way.
The excessive use of telecommunication media usage is classified as a process addiction. Withdrawing from electronic gadgets develops emotions that are similar to withdrawal symptoms from drugs and alcohol. Digital obsession cause reduced communication capabilities, especially in interpersonal relationships. Equine therapy helps teens learn to read non-verbal cues because they are literal thinkers, living in a world of black-and-white, on-off, 0- or-1.
Re-training the teen brain is most effective through equine therapy. This therapy aids adolescents create coping skills, establishes much-needed self-confidence, and helps them to get out of their comfort zones. There are team building tasks to help them learn how to cooperate with others.
Some things parents can do to limit technology dependence is to have no laptops and no Smartphone's. Computer systems must be password-protected and put in public areas like the living-room.
How The Teenager Brain In the Digital World Is A Social Problem
The discussion started with a significant case study. A young adult who was # 3 worldwide in the World of Warcraft game. and who spent 17 hours before the computer was sent to the Ranch because he was pale, emaciated, and in a rage. During his initial couple of days, he often verbally lashed out at every person around him.
The guests explained how Discovery Ranch focused on detoxifying teens from technology. Studies showed that teens spent an average of 81/2 hours using digital technology. If you added in television, it came to about 11 hours. In one study in the UK, 1000 college students from 12 different campuses were unable to refrain from using a cell phone or computer within a 24 hour interval. They experienced feelings of depression, anxiety, and helplessness.
Much of this obsession with modern technology may very well be its power to help adolescents avoid all their real life issues and sweep their own unsolved psychological concerns under the rug. Discovery ranch discourages teenagers from depending on digital devices by banning the use of all devices and providing activities like taking care of horses as therapy, canoeing, rappelling, and climbing.
When teens first reach Discovery Ranch, they are told that they will definitely not have any kind of technology. This news hits them hard. They feel lost and distraught and may behave in a passive or aggressive way.
The excessive use of telecommunication media usage is classified as a process addiction. Withdrawing from electronic gadgets develops emotions that are similar to withdrawal symptoms from drugs and alcohol. Digital obsession cause reduced communication capabilities, especially in interpersonal relationships. Equine therapy helps teens learn to read non-verbal cues because they are literal thinkers, living in a world of black-and-white, on-off, 0- or-1.
Re-training the teen brain is most effective through equine therapy. This therapy aids adolescents create coping skills, establishes much-needed self-confidence, and helps them to get out of their comfort zones. There are team building tasks to help them learn how to cooperate with others.
Some things parents can do to limit technology dependence is to have no laptops and no Smartphone's. Computer systems must be password-protected and put in public areas like the living-room.
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Find out more about Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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