Child Mental Illness – Have we individualized what is really a systemic problem?
Includes “8 System Initiatives to Enhance Child Development and Learning” As a pediatric OT, I have ongoing opportunities to observe and provide recommendations for interventions for children in a variety of environments. Providing assessments and educational workshops in homes, daycare/preschools, schools, child development centres, and clinic settings, have provided me with rich and diverse information […]
Zone’in Christmas Carol
The Twelve Years of Christmas Tech…NOT! Parents everywhere are struggling with Santa lists loaded with tech toys this Christmas, and not wanting to disappoint, many are caving to pressure from their children to give them what everyone else is getting (or so they say)…Christmas Tech. With research showing significant harm from tech, especially to young […]
Child Sustainability – How technology addictions are killing our children, and what to do about it
An 8 year old child was explaining how he got his “life” back after being killed when playing Grand Theft Auto V video game, and relayed he had to pick up a prostitute in his car, take her to an alley, watch the car “jump up and down”, and then he got his life back. […]
Learning Paradox – The more kids use technology, the less likely they are to learn
Please refer to the Fact Sheet located on the Zone’In website www.zonein.ca for research references. Today’s education systems are globally embarking on an experiment of epic proportion – the prolific use of computers to educate children. Without long term, replicated research data to support the use of computers as effective teaching tools, school administrations blindly […]
The Last Generation – Are technology and human survival mutually exclusive?
Over the course of the past 50,000 years, humans have managed to rise to the top of the food chain to dominate all other life forms on planet earth. Until quite recently, humans have successfully functioned as “pack” animals, with each member of the group serving a vital purpose and role. Darwin’s “survival of the […]