Glenbard Parent Series webinars to examine effects of social media

On Tuesday, Nov. 14, the Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present "Social Media and Teen Mental Health: What You Need To Know" with developmental psychology research scientists Mitch Prinstein and Eva Telzer.

The two seminars will begin at noon and 7 p.m. via Zoom. Go to glenbardgps.org for further information and the links to these webinars.

Scientists are asking serious questions about social media and adolescent mental health. Digital media, including social media, has fundamentally changed how people communicate, relate and influence one another.

Prinstein and Telzer will explain the science so caregivers understand what it all means for youth today and how adults can support adolescents. They will share suggestions to benefit teens and families.

Prinstein and Telzer will present a broad overview of the positive and negative implications of engagement with digital media in terms of brain development, relationships, daily behaviors and psychological issues. They will discuss social media addiction, social media's impact on mood, digital stress and the effects of social media on in-person social dynamics.

Continuing professional development units are available for these webinars.

Professors of psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Prinstein and Telzer are co-directors of the Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain and Psychological Development.

Telzer is an associate editor at Child Development and Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience. Prinstein is the chief science officer of the American Psychological Association. They are co-authors of "Adolescent Digital Media Use and Mental Health."

To be placed on a reminder list for GPS events or submit a question in advance, contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at gilda_ross@glenbard.org or (630) 942-7668.

Glenbard Parent Series is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Community Consolidated School District 93 Birth to 5 Coalition, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, Duly Health and Care, DuPage Regional Office of Education, Emmy Gaffey Foundation, Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative, Kids Matter, Kiwanis Clubs, Prevention Leadership Team of the DuPage County Health Department, and Webb-Hutter Family Fund of DuPage Foundation.