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✝︎ This live, digital media overuse clinical training includes a corresponding workbook with key points, graphics, and space for writing notes. Be sure to register at least two weeks in advance of the training date to ensure your workbook will arrive to you in time.
$199 Early Bird Registration ends Sept. 22, 2023 Use Discount Code: EARLYBIRDSEPT22
This course is intended for psychologists, licensed professional counselors, licensed professional counselor candidates, addiction counselors, marriage & family therapists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, physicians, school counselors, other behavioral health professionals, and graduate students in related fields.
It is designed and taught by nationally renowned digital media overuse and addiction expert Tracy Markle, MA, LPC, founder of the Digital Media Treatment & Education Center (dTEC®) in Boulder, Colorado and her dTEC® co-director Dr. Brett Kennedy, Psy. D.
This 6.0-hour digital media overuse clinical training provides counseling and related professionals with the foundational knowledge to confidently recognize and assess the five types of digital media overuse (DMO) and addiction and the common co-occurring factors and diagnoses those struggling with these issues may experience.
Participants will conceptualize the family engagement, integrated treatment, social connection- internet addiction (FITS-IA®) approach for digital media overuse & addiction developed by Tracy Markle. They will get up to date on contemporary thinking and treatment of digital media overuse, including the most current research, brain science, guidelines for use, and practical treatment approaches.
Emphasis will be given to compulsive video gaming and pornography use, both of which are included in the World Health Organization (WHO) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 11th revision (ICD-11) which went into effect on January 1, 2022.
Attendees will review the criteria included in the ICD-11 as well as review internet gaming disorder, identified as a condition for further study in “Section III, Emerging Measures and Models,” of the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, 5th Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR).
This training will provide participants with the skills necessary to work with clients struggling with compulsive video gaming and online pornography.
In this section, you’ll learn why we use the term digital media overuse (DMO) as well as the difference between overuse and addiction. We’ll cover the short history of behavioral addictions as recognized by the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), DSM-5-TR, and the World Health Organization (WHO) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) and learn how the West compares with Asian countries in our understanding of digital media addiction. Finally, we’ll review two avenues for behavioral addiction treatment; abstinence and harm reduction. Including what those look like for clients with digital media overuse issues.
This section reviews the key factors that lead to digital media overuse: brain science, development, and persuasive design. Participants will learn the latest research findings as well as a brief history of behavioral psychology and its impact on digital media today.
In this section we’ll review the 5 types of digital media overuse, and the common factors and diagnoses that often accompany them, so that you can confidently recognize and assess your clients. We’ll also provide practical intervention and treatment approaches for each.
FITS-IA® Foundation Training; Introduction to Digital Media Overuse; Assessment, Intervention & Treatment has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. Digital Media Treatment & Education Center LLC (dTEC®) is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approval No. SP-4118.
There will be two opportunities in 2023 to take the FITS-IA® Foundation training, Introduction to Digital Media Overuse: Assessment, Intervention & Treatment.
Digital Media Treatment & Education Center (dTEC®) requires your written request to cancel 7 business days prior to the course date in order to receive a refund.
All refunds will be less a 5% administrative fee. Cancellations received within fourteen (14) days of the start date of the webinar/training will not receive a refund, but a credit will be given to enroll in another training class.
There are no minimum enrollment limits for any of our classes since we believe some of the best learning can occur in small groups.
However, should a class need to be canceled due to instructor illness or weather, you will be given a full refund, or you may enroll in another class. dTEC® is only liable for the cost of the class registration fees should a cancellation occur.
If a participant or potential participant would like to express a concern about his/her experience with Digital Media Treatment & Education Center (dTEC®) Trainings, he/she may call or email us. Although we do not guarantee a particular outcome, the individual can expect us to consider the complaint, make any necessary decisions and respond within 30 days time.
Training occurs from 9:00 am-5:15 pm US Mountain Time
FITS-IA® Foundation Training; Introduction to Digital Media Overuse, Assessment, Intervention & Treatment
9-9:15: Introductions, outline the agenda for the day & learning objectives
9:15-9:45: Mindfulness/Experiential Activity
9:45-10:00: Focus and Attention
10:00-10:30: What’s in a name? Introduction to “behavior addictions”
10:30-10:40: 10-min interactive discussion
10:40-10:55: 15-min Break
10:55-11:30: Brain science and research findings
11:30-11:45: Mindfulness/Experiential Activity –
11:45-12:30: 45-min Lunch Break
12:30-1:25: Introduction and conceptualization of the 5 types of Digital Media Overuse (DMO)
1:25-2:20 Continue the 5 Types of DMO
2:20-2:35: 15-min interactive discussion
2:35-2:50: 15-min Break
2:50-3:20: Assessment for Digital Media Overuse
3:20-3:40: Big 5 Personality- Protective & Risk Factors
3:40-3:50: Threat Assessment
3:50-4:45: Introduce FITS-IA® treatment approach for DMO
4:45-5:15: Interactive Discussion & Wrap Up
Note: Participants must have a stable internet connection for the duration of the training.
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