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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?"
What's Going On With The Teenage Brain in the Digital World?
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 visitors clarified exactly how Discovery Ranch concentrated on detoxifying teens from modern technology. Findings showed that teens spent approximately 81/2 hours making use of electronic innovation. If you added in television, the numbers go up to 11 hrs. In one intensive research study done in the United Kingdom, as many as 1000 college students from 12 unrelated campuses were unable to refrain from using a cell phone or PC within a one day period, despite a promise to refrain/. They apparently experienced sensations of extreme misery, anxiety, and helplessness.
Much of this addiction to technology is because it helps teens withdraw from life issues and their own unresolved emotional concerns. Discovery Ranch weans adolescents off overdependence on technology by replace it with other activities like equine therapy, canoeing, rappelling, and hiking.
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.
Retraining the digital brain consists of equine therapy. This therapy helps teens develop coping skills, develop self-confidence, and get out of their comfort zones. There are also team building activities to help them learn how to get along 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.
What's Going On With The Teenage Brain in the Digital World?
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 visitors clarified exactly how Discovery Ranch concentrated on detoxifying teens from modern technology. Findings showed that teens spent approximately 81/2 hours making use of electronic innovation. If you added in television, the numbers go up to 11 hrs. In one intensive research study done in the United Kingdom, as many as 1000 college students from 12 unrelated campuses were unable to refrain from using a cell phone or PC within a one day period, despite a promise to refrain/. They apparently experienced sensations of extreme misery, anxiety, and helplessness.
Much of this addiction to technology is because it helps teens withdraw from life issues and their own unresolved emotional concerns. Discovery Ranch weans adolescents off overdependence on technology by replace it with other activities like equine therapy, canoeing, rappelling, and hiking.
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.
Retraining the digital brain consists of equine therapy. This therapy helps teens develop coping skills, develop self-confidence, and get out of their comfort zones. There are also team building activities to help them learn how to get along 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.