Screenagers: The Next Chapter

WHO?
This event is free and open to everyone, including the public. 

WHAT?
A one-hour movie, followed by refreshments and discussion.

WHERE?
Tri-Lakes United Methodsit Church

20256 Hunting Downs Way
Monument, CO 80132

DESCRIPTION:

The sequel to the award-winning film "Screenagers" Focusing on helping young people thrive in our screen and stress-filled world.

From the director of SCREENAGERS: Growing Up in the Digital Age comes Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience and is about helping young people thrive in our screen and stress-filled world.

Filmmaker and physician Delaney Ruston uses a personal lens and professional eye to help us all flip the script on stress, anxiety, and depression. We follow Delaney as she finds herself at a loss on how to help her own teens as they struggle with their emotional wellbeing. Ruston sets out to understand these challenges in our current screen-filled society, and how we as parents and schools empower teens to overcome mental health challenges and build emotional agility, communication savvy, and stress resilience.

We witness Delaney as she finds her way from ineffective parenting to much-improved strategies. We follow other personal stories of families from an array of backgrounds with a spectrum of emotional challenges. We also observe approaches in schools that provide strategies relevant beyond the classroom setting. Interwoven into the stories are surprising insights from brain researchers, psychologists, and thought-leaders that reveal evidence-based ways to support mental wellness among our youth. The impact of social media and other screen time is incorporated in all the topics raised Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER, how it may be impacting our teen’s mental health, and what we can do to help foster youth in the face of struggles.

Some of the featured experts in the film include:

Daniel Pine, MD, Chief Psychiatrist, National Institute of Mental Health

Dan Siegel, MD, Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA

Drs. John and Julie Gottman, founders of The Gottman Institute

Ronald E. Dahl, MD., Center on the Developing Adolescent at UC Berkeley

Laura Kastner, Ph.D., psychologist and author of Wise-Minded Parenting

Ned Johnson, co-author of The Self-Driven Child

Adriana Galvan, Ph.D., Chair in Behavioral Neuroscience UCLA

Lynn Lyons, MSW, Author of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents