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

In this 3-hour 15-minute FREE virtual seminar, attendees will 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.

3 Social Work CEUs

Trainer:
Jane Clarke, PhD.

Trainer Bio:

Dr. Jane Clarke has a Ph.D. in Special Education with a focus on Early Childhood Language/Learning Disabilities, alongside master’s degrees in Speech/Language Pathology and Learning Disabilities. She has completed post-doctoral work at Fielding University and fellowships in Infant-Parent Mental Health. Recently, she finished a fellowship in Reflective Supervision Consultation at UC-Davis. With extensive experience supporting high-risk infants and families, she is trained in various assessment procedures and interventions, and has developed innovative assessment tools such as DIAPER and DOVE. Currently, Jane serves as a statewide trainer and consultant for the NM-CYFD BHS – Infant Mental Health program and has been endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Mentor since 2007.

• 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.

This training brought to you through a partnership with the State of New Mexico’s Children, Youth, and Families Department.