(I will be doing a essay )
Professors guidelines for essay:
Ensure that your work addresses parts I-V
• Review and revise APA 7 formatting title page, reference page, in-text citation formatting, page numbering manually change the font, margins, spacing, etc.
• Part I – [for papers and projects]
• Ensure that the reader is clearly informed why this is an ‘issue’ for children – remember not to include adolescents as this course does not address that stage of development.
• Remember that all statements/claims must be supported with examples, statistics, citations this will help you to avoid unintentional plagiarism
• Avoid direct quotes – instead paraphrase the key information from the source and provide an appropriate in-text citation
Part Il and III for papers and projects]
• Ensure that your curated list includes local
resources
• Start with your city, if none in your city, check for your county, if none in your county, check for the state, if none in state then check for the country
Ensure that your curated list of resources includes a brief summary of the resources provided by each organization
• Make sure to include your critique of the available resources and where you think the
‘gap’ exists
• This gap will be the target for your proposed
solution
Part IV for Papers
•Make sure that you provide the reader with a detailed solution. If you say that you will be sending out information to the community, you will have to give examples of the types of information and how you proposed to go about getting the information to the population of
• If your solution relies on additional funding, this is unlikely given the current economy so you will have to get creative where will you be getting
If your solution is simple or relies on funding you will have to use your creativity – what could the community do without funding? How might this work?
Why do you think your solution would work?
• This section will include your thinking about why this solution/these types of solutions could work
• If you think something will work, why do you think it will work, has it been tried before for other issues/situations
• Has this type of approach worked for other situations | example, for mailings, emailings, etc., research shows that this type of approach gets about a 10% response.
• Remember to include a reference page for all your sources and resources including the ones from the curated list
• If you are doing an infographic include your references on the pamphlet
If they do not all fit or if they do not seem to be appropriate for the infographic, include a reference page as well
My outline for flow of essay:
Topic:
Navigating the Digital Landscape: Understanding the Multifaceted Impact of Screen Media on Children’s Development and Proposing Comprehensive Strategies for Intervention and Support
Part I
The serious health implications linked with children’s high screen media usage are numerous, ranging from a risk of impairment of their cognitive, linguistic and socio-emotional development. This study discusses developmental areas affected by screens usage and presents algorithm to manage children’s usage. Although, screens can provide an educational boost, endless screen exposure and at the same time, multitasking in certain cases can be associated with retarded working memory and lowered academic performance. The lack of language interaction between caregiver and child due to screens may impede the development of their language skills (Muppalla et al. 2023). Excessive screen time contributes to childhood bedwetting, lack of sleep, and disorders like depression and anxiety. Parents need to establish boundaries, encourage alternate activities or they can supersede with negative effects. As a result, children will have well-balanced lives.
Part II
In our area, services related to managing children’s screen time and promoting healthy development could include:
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Parenting Workshops: Workshops involving education of parents about outcomes of excessive screen time and giving tactics for setting limits and seeking alternative activities (Hu et al., 2020).
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Child Counseling Services: The establishment of counselling services targeting the excessive screen time aspect, covering the areas of socio-emotional development and coping skills improvement.
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Screen Time Management Apps: Creation or support of apps which help parents to restrict their children screen-time usage.
Part III
Improvements to these services could involve:
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Integration of Evidence-Based Practices: Developing workshops and counseling programs that are the result of the latest research so that they are effective as possible.
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User-Friendly Technology: Developing intuitive and user-friendly screen time management software that is available to the parents who have different levels of technological literacy.
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Community Engagement: Increasing the community outreach to educate the population on the necessity of regulating the screen time of kids and advocating for healthy alternatives.
Part IV
Services and improvements that provide education, support and tools for parents, will help to tackle the issue of screen time among children. Empowering parents with knowledge will enable them figure out the problems from the digital age and improve their children well-being (Hu et al., 2020). Finally, community engagement inspires a sense of a communal duty and social support, which is crucial for the intervention effectiveness.
Reference
Hu, B. Y., Johnson, G. K., Teo, T., & Wu, Z. (2020). Relationship between screen time and Chinese children’s cognitive and social development. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 34(2), 183-207.
Muppalla, S. K., Vuppalapati, S., Pulliahgaru, A. R., Sreenivasulu, H., & kumar Muppalla, S. (2023). Effects of excessive screen time on child development: an updated review and strategies for management. Cureus, 15(6).