Insights from Cris Rowan,
Child Development Expert
Insights from Cris Rowan,
Child Development Expert
Insights from
Cris Rowan,
Child Development Expert
Children are the future of our planet, yet the ways in which we are raising and educating children with technology are no longer sustainable. Sedentary, overstimulated, isolated and neglected, today’s child has an alarming increase in attachment and developmental disorders. We have unconsciously created a virtual reality that children now call “home”, a reality devoid of critical factors for growth and success: movement, touch, human connection and nature.
Now is the time to plant the seed for children to grow and learn in new and conscious ways. Moving Beyond the Screen requires team strategies which are research evidenced. Join Moving to Learn on this epic journey in creating sustainable futures for all children.
Recent Articles
ADHD or Screen Overuse? – ‘Screen for Screens’ is needed prior to diagnosis and medication
The CDC reports that there is “no test for adhd” but rather is defined in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) as a “list of 6 symptoms in children, 5 in adults”, that have been grouped together to define behaviours characteristic of attention deficit.
Violence in Schools – Teachers might consider using penitentiary guidelines?
Did you know that penitentiaries are required by law to provide two hours per day of outside physical activity as a violence injury prevention initiative? In North American schools, many students don’t even get 15 min. unrestricted recess per day!
Beyond the Screen – Working together to create sustainable futures for humanity
Are you a clinician worried about the rise in child mental and physical disorders, and the trend to diagnose and medicate children? ‘Screen for Screens’ to assess duration and content of screen usage and treat your clients with screen management FIRST. I can help you.
Virtual Futures – Screens are killing children, and it’s not a slow death
The ways in which we are raising and educating children with screen technologies are not sustainable. Current levels of screen overuse are resulting children who are sedentary, isolated, neglected and overstimulated leading to early death, poor relationships and failure to work. We are losing a whole generation of children to screens.
Beyond the Screen – Big Tech Healing Humanity?
We’ve all been there…that virtual hole. Dark, alluring, endlessly entertaining. We feel comforted, relaxed, at ease in our chosen haven, at first. Then after hours and hours of being engaged in mindless, meaningless content, we start to feel sick, lonely, anxious, agitated.
Cell Phone Bans in Schools – Too Little Too Late? Preparatory Steps Included
In Canada, 6 out of 10 provinces and territories boast cell phone bans, but what does that really mean? The word “ban” is defined as “officially or legally prohibit” yet in practice, Canadian schools are defining and enforcing cell phone bans however they choose.
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Presented by Cris Rowan.
Two hour webinar on 4 critical factors for child development
and impact of screens on physical, social, mental and cognitive function.
1.5 hr webinar on 4 critical factors for child development and impact of screens on physical, social, mental and cognitive function.
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Reconnect Webinars helps participants navigate out of the ‘virtual void’ into the real.
Come journey beyond the screen to a life that sustains you.
Cris Rowan, BScOT, BScBi, SIPT
An outspoken critic on the impact of technology on human development, behavior, and productivity
Cris Rowan, biologist with 35 years experience as a pediatric occupational therapist is passionate about changing the ways in which humans use and interact with technology. Cris has developed a concept termed Balanced Technology Management (BTM) where humans strive to manage balance between healthy activity and technology.
She works globally and locally and has cross culture relevance from indigenous and developing communities. Cris is a visionary, who clearly sees that the ways in which humans are using technology are not sustainable, and the time to act is now. Activist, advocate, author, and prolific speaker, Cris helps people move from the virtual, back into the real world.