Technology and the Still-Face Paradigm: The Importance of Connection

Explore the importance of social engagement and connection to a young child’s development and how interruptions to parent-child interactions due to technology are like the Still-Face paradigm and can affect interactions between parents and child.

Community Partner Training- Sponsored by CYFD-BHS

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3 Social Work CEU | 3.15 Length

Trainer:
Jane Clarke, PhD.

• Participants will understand the importance of social engagement and connection to a young child’s development.
• Participants will recognize how interruptions to parent-child interactions due to technology are similar to the Still-Face paradigm.
• Participants will recognize how the intimacy barrier can affect parent-child interactions.
• Participants will learn how opportunities for face-to-face interactions with a caregiver are necessary for the development of social-communication skills.
  
• Participants will learn how to promote screen-free time periods for parent–child interactions to support a young child’s development.