Healthy People 2020: Screen Time Class
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Mother & Child Education Center
1515 Northeast 41st Avenue Portland, OR 97232Refund Policy
Description
The purpose of this class is to provide information about Healthy People 2020, and its objective pertaining to screen-time. Topics covered in the class will include:
- What is Healthy People 2020, and why is it important?
- What is screen-time, and why does it matter?
- What is the American Academy of Pediatrics, and what is their position on screen-time?
- Provide an overview of infant neurodevelopment, and how screen-time may impact it.
- Explore whether media really can be educational.
- Present strategies for promoting infant development.
There will also be time for group discussion about challenges participants have experienced with screen-time.
Upon completion of this class, participants will be able to make informed decisions about the use of screen-time in their homes.
About the Instructor: Joel Viles is a 2nd year Physician Assistant student at Oregon Health and Science University who recently wrote a paper about the prevalence of early media exposure in children, and it's potential developmental impacts. Joel has lived in Oregon his entire life, and hopes to work in Family Medicine upon graduation. His hobbies are writing, hiking, and watching movies.
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Mother & Child works with moms, dads, and others parenting during pregnancy and their children's early infancy years of zero to five; offering classes, supplies, parent/family counseling, and connection to resources. Services are offered at no cost, and not restricted to income level or demographic, to equalize and to build a community of competent and confident parents.
Mother & Child is a local Portland, OR 501(c)3 non-profit, operating as Mother & Child since 2008; offering a non-judgemental space that connects and supports parents where they are at. Mother & Child is sustained through the giving of individuals, businesses, grants, and fundraising events.