Creating Sustainable
Futures for All Children
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Children are our future
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But - are children sustainable?
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The Problem?
Children sit in front of technology
EIGHT hours per day
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The Results
The Triple Disconnect
 self  others  nature
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The Statistics
• 20% obesity
• 30% developmental delay
• 14.3% mental illness
• 20% illiterate
• 8% ADHD
• escalating aggression
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The Solution…
Life balance is the key!
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Managing Balance
critical factors for
growth and success
technology use
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Everyone has a role to play!
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Create sustainable
futures for children
with
Balanced
Technology
Management
(BTM)
Initiatives
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Parents and Caregivers
The MOST
important
people
in a child’s
life!
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Parents –
BTM Initiative # 1
Create family sacred time with
NO TECHNOLOGY try meals,
car, holidays,
and before
bed
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Parents –
BTM Initiative # 2
Remove
ALL TV’s
from
bedroom
and dining
areas
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Parents –
BTM Initiative # 3
Help your children develop
new interests and skills
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Parents –
BTM Initiative # 4
Children crave parent’s attention...
NOT CARTOONS!
Play with your children every day!
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Create opportunities for children
to play with each other
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Ask the
elders to
teach
children
about play!
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Parents –
BTM Initiative # 5
Early reading is
the best
determinant for
child literacy!
Read one half
hour every night
to your child!
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Learn about yourself, others, nature
and spirit with the Unplug’in Game!
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Education Professionals
The SECOND most important
people in children’s lives!
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Balanced Technology
Management Initiative #
#57
Teach
developmentally
relevant skills
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Education Professionals –
BTM Initiative # 6
Children need to move!
Remove all technology from daycare,
preschool and primary school settings
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Computers do
not teach
children to
print!
Failure to
print is the
leading cause
of illiteracy.
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Education Professionals –
BTM Initiative # 7
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Add printing
back into
school
curriculum,
and literacy
will follow!
Teach students how to manage
balanced technology use
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Education Professionals –
BTM Initiative # 8
Prohibit technology use during
recess, lunch, and gym time!
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Use the
Live’in
Resource
Guide as an
intervention
tool!
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Education Professionals –
BTM Initiative # 9
Divert
technology
funding to
build
“sensational”
playgrounds!
 vestibular
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proprioceptive
tactile
interactive
Education Professionals –
BTM Initiative #10
Provide daily
access to
“green space”
for attention
restoration
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Education Professionals –
BTM Initiative #11
Stop telling parents that their
technology addicted child has
ADHD and should be medicated!
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Try Zone’in and Move’in!
for Schools
Zone’in improves
sensory processing
and attention!
Move’in improves
printing and
reading!
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Book a Foundation Series
Workshop or Webinar!
 sensory
processing
 motor development
 attachment and addictions
 technology balance
 science of attention and learning
 successful school design
 early intervention
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Health Professionals
The GATEKEEPERS to child
physical and mental health
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Health Professionals –
BTM Initiative # 12
Provide researched based,
practical information –
Hand out the “Unplug’in” brochure!
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Health Professionals –
BTM Initiative # 13
Restrict use
of technology
in daycare
and preschool
settings
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Health Professionals –
BTM Initiative # 14
Take a ROUTINE family
technology usage history!
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Health Professionals –
BTM Initiative # 15
Unplug –
Don’t Drug!
Recommend a
family technology
“unplug” trial prior
to behavioral
diagnosis and
medication
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Health Professionals –
BTM Initiative # 16
Don’t medicate child behavior
Children only have one childhood!
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Try the
Zone’in
Rx pad
instead!
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Researchers
Creating the
FOUNDATION for
Action
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Researchers BTM Initiative # 17
Determine the extent and impact
of technology addictions
on children
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Researchers BTM Initiative # 18
Determine
parameters for
“healthy” use of
technology by
children
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Researchers BTM Initiative # 19
Develop Child Health Guidelines
for the technology production
industry
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Researchers BTM Initiative # 20
Investigate correlations between
technology addictions, mental
illness, and use of psychotropic
medications
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Researchers BTM Initiative # 21
Determine the long term
implications of using psychotropic
medication on children:
Mental illness
 Stunted growth
 Aggression
 Addictions
 Cardiac Sudden
Death

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Government
Setting the Stage
for Action
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Regulate
Legislate
Educate
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Government BTM Initiative # 22
Regulate



Set limits on media
violence
Restrict technology use
in daycare and preschool
settings
Monitor use of
psychotropic medication
for children
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Government BTM Initiative # 23
Legislate
Mandate “Risk Warnings” on
all technology products
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Government BTM Initiative # 24
Educate
Sponsor school and
health unit
“Unplug” Campaigns
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Government BTM Initiative # 25
Educate
Train key staff as
“BTM experts” with the
Foundation Series Workshops
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Government BTM Initiative # 26
Educate
Train occupational therapists to
deliver Zone’in Workshops to every
community with Zone’in Training
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Technology Production
Corporations
Assume
product
responsibility!
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Technology Production Corporations BTM Initiative # 27
Educate technology designers
regarding the impact of
technology on child health take the Mixed Signals workshop!
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Technology Production Corporations BTM Initiative # 28
Educate
consumers
regarding
inherent
risks of
product use
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What are the
Risks?
Delayed
development
 Obesity
 Sleep disorders
 ADHD
 Anxiety
 Depression
 Addictions
 Aggression
 Behavior diagnosis
 Psychotropic
medication
 Isolation
 Learning disabilities
 Low grades

Technology Production Corporations BTM Initiative # 29
Reduce violence in media to no more
than one “intentional harm” incident
per ten minute period
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Technology Production Corporations BTM Initiative # 30
Fund healthy,
nature-based child
initiatives in schools
and communities!
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Technology Production Corporations BTM Initiative # 31
Create an online help network for
children and families with
technology addictions
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We can
create
sustainable
futures for all
children!
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Everyone can participate!
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Meet the BTM
criteria,
and receive
Zone’in
Programs Inc.
BTM Champion
Status!
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For consultation
services,
call Cris Rowan,
pediatric
occupational
therapist
and Zone’in CEO
1-888-8zonein
For more information,
call Zone’in today at 1-888-8zonein
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