
MGH Clay Center: Ways to Help Your Lonely Teen
Overview
Loneliness Project- Online Course
Course Introduction
Background Information
Welcome to the MGH Clay Center’s course, Ways to Help Your Lonely Teen. This course will explore conflicts in our lives and how to resolve them in three modules:
Module 1: The Caregiver Role - Learning from the Arts and Media
Module 2: Engaging Your Child - Applying to Real Life Scenarios
Module 3: The Influence of Community - What to Look For, When to Worry, What to do.
This course aims to answer this question by providing evidence-based and practical guidance to help parents and caregivers act in ways that can make a substantial difference in the lives of young people and their relationships. Importantly, it will also address ways that you as a parent or caregiver can help to foster social connections for your child, to decrease their risk for loneliness, increase their happiness and wellbeing, and prevent more serious mental health outcomes down the road.
Pricing $49.99
Cancellation Policy
Refunds will be issued for cancellation requests made during the first week of the course, but an administrative fee of $25.00 will be deducted from your refund.
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Target Audience
This program is intended for parents and caregivers.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will learn:
- The 3 main causes of loneliness
- The health consequences of prolonged loneliness
- Ways to invest in a secure attachment between teen and parent/caregiver
- The importance of other supportive adults in your student’s life
- Ways to encourage social connection with peers
- Inclusive strategies for assessing and regulating your student’s online media use
- Protective factors that decrease risk for social disconnection
- How to identify behaviors that increase risk for social disconnection
- Know what signs to look for, and when to worry that your student’s loneliness is becoming a more serious mental health concern
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Price
Release Date: December 5, 2024
Course Directors
Gene Beresin, MD
Khadijah Watkins, MD
Hardware/Software Specifications
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Optimal System Configuration
Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player 10.1+
Browser: Firefox 3+, Internet Explorer 8.0+, Safari 4.0+, or Google Chrome 7.0+
Operating System: Windows XP+ or Mac OS X 10.4+
Internet Connection: 1 Mbps or higher
Minimum Requirements
Windows PC:500-MHz Pentium II; Windows XP or higher; 128 MB RAM; Video Card at least 64MB of video memory; Sound Card at least 16-bit; Macromedia Flash Player 10 or higher, audio playback with speakers for programs with video content; Firefox 1.1+, Internet Explorer 7.0+, Safari 1.0+, Google Chrome, or Opera
Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.3 or higher with latest updates installed; 1.83MHz Intel Core Duo or faster; RAM: 128MB or more; Video Card: at least 64MB of video memory; Sound Card: at least 16-bit
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