Dr. Don Grant is an internationally recognized and award-winning media psychologist, author, published researcher, Doctoral Addictions Counselor, educator with specific expertise in technology's impact on mental health, and National Advisor of Healthy Device Management for Newport Healthcare. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), served as the 2022 President of the APA Division 46 (The Society for Media Psychology & Technology), currently serves as a Division 46 Executive Board Member At Large, Chair of the APA (D46) “Device Management & Intelligence” committee, Co-Chair of the APA (D46) “Strategic Planning” committee, is an APA Advocacy Division Partner Liaison, APA Science Partner, and also Treasurer of the California Psychological Association Division VI (Media Technology and Communication).
Dr. Grant designs, presents, and facilitates “Healthy Device Management” and “Good Digital Citizenship” treatment strategy and educational training workshops for clinicians, practitoners, educators, parents, and academic communities. He is a globally respected and popular conference keynote speaker, webinar, podcast, onscreen broadcast interview guest, and print content contributor in the fields of device related behaviors, addiction, and media psychology. Some of his interview and publication contributions include: The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, APA Monitor on Psychology, Time Magazine, Forbes, The Hollywood Reporter, Business Insider, ABC News, The Daily Show, and a two-page People Magazine article about him and his work.
His current research includes a large-scale study in partnership with the Newport Healthcare Center for Research and Innovation investigating his theories surrounding the potential impact of a caregiver’s device use behaviors on attachment bonds. He is also engaged in explorations of the identity construct effects of social media, para-social mediated relationships, and cyberaggression targeted towards adolescents, teens, young adults, families, and our culture/relationships-at-large.
Other current projects include an international publisher commissioned “Healthy Device Management and Practices of Good Digital Citizenship” guidebook and companion curriculum/group process workbook designed specifically for clinicians, treatment programs, educators, and professionals, serving as Chapter Leader, Co-Editor, and contributing author in collaboration with a cohort of global experts on a group of white papers to be published in a special handbook by Springer Publishing (in partnership with Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development) a paper for journal publication, as a chapter author on the beliefs, behaviors, influences, and impacts of device-centric engagement for two different academic handbooks with specific focus on media psychology, and working with the “Youth Services Committee” of the National Association of Behavioral Healthcare on the creation, development, and launch of their new national “Youth Services Cyberhealth” campaign.
APA (Div. 46) Recommended Guidelines For Ethical, Safe and Successful Professional Online Engagement
Online engagement can prove a slippery-and sometimes even dangerous-slope for any user. For health professionals especially, appropriate, proper, smart, and safe limits of self-disclosure, boundaries, "sharing," and even client contact can be difficult to identify, adopt, maintain, and sustain. The goal of this presentation is to provide online and device/social media engagement awareness, discuss ethical questions surrounding professional digital policies, and offer pragmatic, mindful, and intelligent guidelines for healthy-and safe-professional (and personal) digital use and utilization and...Read more the practice of "Good Digital Citizenship." The presenter, Chair of the American Psychological Association (Div. 46) “Device Management & Intelligence” committee, will share and discuss with attendees the 12 “APA (Div. 46) “RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR ETHICAL, SAFE, & SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL ONLINE ENGAGEMENT” and the real-life professional practice issues which helped generate their need, creation, and development. The presentation will end with a “Q&A.” Less...
Learning Objectives
- List at least 3 examples of tools, interventions & recommendations regarding safer professional online engagement to avoid risking/compromising their career, reputation, organization, clients, students, family or self.
- Apply, implement and sustain safe and successful professional online/device management behaviors for their clients, employees, students & selves.
- Describe & implement appropriate therapeutic interventions, skills, & evidence-based strategies to help their clients and selves avoid being digitally compromised, dysregulated, or victimized and practice good professional digital citizenship.
Target Audience
This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Live Interactive Webinar
09:00 AM PDT - 10:30 AM PDT
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EARN 1.5 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Don Grant, Ph.D., MA, MFA, DAC, SUDCC IV
Agenda
9-10:30am Presentation and Q&ACE Information - Earn 1.5 CE Credit Hours
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