Zone’in Workshops

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Harnessing Energy
Sensory Processing

Sensory tools and techniques for responsible learning. Harnessing Energy profiles the Zone’in Concept to improve self-regulation, and offers strategies to enhance sensory processing, attention and learning.
Back to Basics
Motor Development

Printing – The forgotten foundation for literacy. Back to Basics raises awareness about declining literacy, and provides recommendations to ease the job of printing and reading for all children.
A Cracked Foundation
Attachment and Addictions

How virtual parenting is destroying children. A Cracked Foundation profiles how attachment formation is an underlying causal factor for the recent rise in child mental illness and addiction.
Mixed Signals
Technology Balance

Connection to technology is disconnecting child development. Mixed Signals covers research related to the impact of technology in child physical, mental, social, and academic domains.
Why Can’t Children Sit Still?
Attention and Learning

The importance of movement and nature for attention and learning. Why Can’t Children Sit Still? promotes increased access to age appropriate play structures, nature trails, and recreational spaces.
Diminishing Returns
Successful Schools

Increasing profits in the classroom.Diminishing Returns addresses student diversity, and offers solutions for classroom, gym and playgrounds to improve productivity.
Healthy Interactions
Early Intervention

Critical factors for early child development. Healthy Interactions raises awareness regarding the early need for adequate movement, touch, human connection, and nature.
Generational Healing
First Nations

Recognizing and respecting past ancestry. Generational Healing profiles attachment formation in First Nations communities, and offers strategies to repair primary relationships.
Educational Programs
Teacher Training

For Programs Zone’in, Move’in, Unplug’in, and Live’in. Teacher Training Programprovides participants will essential tools and techniques to implement Zone’in, Move’in, Unplug’in and Live’in Products.
Balanced Technology Management
Human Productivity

Powerful strategies to increase workplace productivity.Balanced Technology Management raises awareness regarding the impact of technology on human productivity, and offers tools and techniques to optimize worker performance.
Disconnect to Reconnect
Parent Workshop

Connection to technology is disconnecting child development and learning.Disconnect to Reconnect enables parents to manage healthy balance between activities children need for growth and success, with technology use.

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2022

February 2022:

Online vs. Outdoor Learning, Launch of new website, "Reconnect Webinars," The Reconnect Webinars Fact Sheet, Cris in the Media.

2021

January 2021:

Systemic Abuse, Trauma and Neglect – Viewing child screen addiction as a coping mechanism for family dysfunction.

2020

Spring 2020:

Children aren't Born with Mental Illness - We make them that way.

2019

Sep 2019:		Screen Tips for Tots - Early overuse of screen technology can cause permanent damage in toddlers .
Jul 2019:		Kevlar for Teachers - The role of violent media in escalating student violence in schools.
May 2019:		Where Do the Children Play? What happens when our kid’s only childhood memory is a screen?
Apr 2019:		EdTech’s Failed Experiment – 10 ‘screen myths’ schools believe despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary
Mar 2019:		Parenting and Screens: The 7 rights of a child.
Feb 2019:		Momo Is A Red Flag – The internet is not a safe nor a happy place for our children.
Jan 2019:		Misguided Guidelines - Result of technology's infiltration into government sectors.

2018

Nov/Dec 2018:		Screens and Meals - From babies to adults, mealtime should be screen-free.
Oct 2018:		Ten reasons why video games should be banned for children under the age of 12
Sep 2018:		Screens in Schools - Are 'tech-centric' teachers addicted to technology?
Jul 2018:		Ten reasons why children under the age of 12 years should not play violent video games.
Jun 2018:		Screens, Sleep and Play – Guidelines for Healthy Living
May 2018:		Ramifications of Early Screen Use - Content, duration, and age of first exposure are critical.
Apr 2018:		Wireless Radiation is NOT SAFE for Children - National Toxicology Program findings indicate "Go Wired" campaign urgently required to protect children.
Feb 2018:		Stop School Mass Shootings? Go after the video game and pharmaceutical industries. Includes the School Mass Shooter Risk Inventory!
Jan 2018:		Rewarding Students with Screens – Pros and cons for best practice in schools.

2017

Nov 2017:		The Rise of Tech Activism and How You Can Take Part.
Oct 2017:		Gamer Brain – How video games are wiring your child’s brain for failure.
Sep 2017:		Tech Guilt - Is feeling guilty about your child's technology overuse enough?
Jun 2017:		Child Health Crisis - Technology overuse deals the deathblow to Canadian children.
May 2017:		Literacy by Grade 3 - Common sense screen management in schools.
Apr 2017:		"Wireless Radiation 101"
Mar 2017:		Safe Schools Policy - Best Practice Standards for Screens and Radiation.
Feb 2017:		Online or Outside? Redefining child safety and risk.
Jan 2017:		Screen Overuse: Why families do it, and how they can stop.

2016

Dec 2016:		Does playing video games enhance fine motor skills in children? "No" says a pediatric occupational therapist
Nov 2016:		When did we decide that kids shouldn’t move?
Sep 2016:		Ten red flags that indicate your child is using too much technology
Aug 2016:		Brain Drain - How technology disrupts early brain development
June 2016:		Sustainable Children - Are they a blast from the past?
Apr 2016:		Unplug — Don’t Drug: A Critical Look at the Influence of Technology on Child Behavior With an Alternative Way of Responding Other Than Evaluation and Drugging
Mar 2016:		Suicide by Screens - The impact of Tech Neglect* on child and youth*
Feb 2016:		Living the Game - Missive for a ban on violent media content for children under the age of 12
Jan 2016:		Balanced Technology Management - New paradigm shift toward managing balance between technology and healthy activities

2015

Oct 2015:		When parents prefer devices
Sep 2015:		Gaming and Gambling: A generation of children on the hunt for supremacy
Aug 2015:		Early Exposure to Media Violence
June 2015:		Moral Truths - Virtual society's shift from moral truths to immoral acts against children
May 2015:		Wired Child – iPad report from a 4 year old child
Apr 2015:		Family Fabric - Disconnect from the virtual, reclaim what is real
Mar 2015:		Preventing Autism – It might be easier than you think!
Feb 2015:		Wifi in Schools – Known risk, perilous outcomes, irrefutable liability
Jan 2015:		Child Mental Illness – Have we individualized what is really a systemic problem?

2014

Dec 2014:		Zone’in Christmas Carol - 12 years of Christmas Tech
Nov 2014:		Child Sustainability - How technology addictions are killing our children, and what to do about it
Oct 2014:		Learning Paradox – The more kids use technology, the less likely they are to learn
Sep 2014:		The Last Generation – Are technology and human survival mutually exclusive?
Aug 2014:		10 Reasons Why Handheld Devices Should Be Banned for Children Under the Age of 12
Jul 2014:		Arousal Addictions – The final frontier for families
Jun 2014:		Detachment Disorder - Let's call it what it is
May 2014:		From Real to Virtual – The alarming trend toward transhuman behavior in children
Apr 2014:		Ten MORE reasons why handheld devices should be banned for children under the age of 12.
Mar 2014:		The ways in which we are raising and educating children with technology are no longer sustainable.
Feb 2014:		Ten reasons why handheld devices should be banned for children under the age of 12
Jan 2014:		Sad, Mad, and Bad – Child mental illness, or too much gaming

2013

Dec 2013:		Teen Playgrounds - Improving youth health, learning and behavior
Nov 2013:		Technology and Spirituality: Education Advancements in First Nations Communities
Oct 2013:		Gamer Rage & Child Abuse: A Growing Problem Deserving Our Attention
Sep 2013:		Digital Dementia – Guidelines for educators regarding technology use in school settings
Jun 2013:		Babies and Technology – What we know, but refuse to accept
May 2013:		Death of the DSM – What does this mean for child mental illness diagnosis?
Apr 2013:		Video Game Design – Criteria to Enhance Child Development and Learning
Mar 2013:		Tech Diet – Four Tech Tools To Help “Tech Fat” Families Reduce The Use of Technology
Feb 2013:		Neuroscience of Video Game Violence – Cells That Fire Together, Wire Together
Jan 2013:		Profile of a Shooter – School and community intervention and prevention initiatives.

2012

Dec 2012:		Gunner, Gamer or Shooter – Which one can be controlled?
Nov 2012:		Tech Neglect – Precoccupation with technology results in injury and brain damage to children
Fall 2012:		Child Mental Disorders – Illness or Environment?
Sum 2012:		Playgrounds – The epicentre for learning and development
May 2012:		Movement – The foundation for learning
Apr 2012:		Imagination – What is the impact of early technology exposure on creativity?
Mar 2012:		The Lost Generation – Four arguments for eliminating school-based technology with young children
Feb 2012:		Self-regulation – A growing concern in elementary settings
Jan 2012:		Elementary Porn – 42% of ten year old children view internet pornography

2011

Dec 2011:		Unplug – Don’t Drug this Christmas
Nov 2011:		The Learning Quotient
Oct 2011:		Five Arguments for the Restriction of Technology in Elementary School Settings
Sep 2011:		The Developing Child – Activities to optimize growth and learning
Aug 2011:		Risk vs. Benefit – Technology use by young children
Jun 2011:		Raising and educating children with technology – Is it sustainable?
May 2011:		Education Technology – The Learning Paradox
Apr 2011:		Bullies, fights, gangs, rape, murder… how much is linked to media violence?
Mar 2011:		Child Addictions – What happens when they grow up?
Feb 2011:		Get with the times
Jan 2011:		Newsletter Subscription Update

2010

Dec 2010:		Cris Rowan’s The Night Before Christmas
Nov 2010:		Teachers diagnosing children
Oct 2010:		Cell Death from Technology
Sep 2010:		School Technology
Jul 2010:		Telehealth
Jun 2010:		Technology Overuse or Management?
May 2010:		Declining Literacy
Apr 2010:		No Touch, No Connection – No Learning!
Mar 2010:		Drugs and Seclusion
Feb 2010:		Sitting Still or Moving
Jan 2010:		Go Virtual or Go Green?

2009

Dec 2009:		Schools Operating Safely (SOS)
Nov 2009:		Diagnosis, medication, and therapy
Oct 2009:		Children a commodity?
Sep 2009:		Unplug Your Kids Back to School
Aug 2009:		Attachment formation and technology overuse
Jun 2009:		Computers vs. Playgrounds
May 2009:		Technology and Human Evolution
Apr 2009:		Zone’in on First Nations Schools
Mar 2009:		Kids on computers at school?
Feb 2009:		Balanced Technology Management
Jan 2009:		Bullying and Technology Reduction

2008

Nov 2008:		Globe & Mail Articles
Oct 2008:		Diminishing Returns
Sep 2008:		Technology reduction ideas – what are you doing?
Aug 2008:		Technology use and child mental illness – are they related?
Jul 2008:		Unplug – Don’t Drug Policy: are we drugging TV and videogame addictions?
Jun 2008:		Diagnose and Drug? Why not unplug your children this summer!
May 2008:		The Dangers of Restraining Children with Technology and Drugs – What Lies Ahead is Not a Pretty Picture
Apr 2008:		To Drug or Unplug - The Lure of the Elusive Quick Fix
Mar 2008:		Inner Drive Directive
Feb 2008:		Kids Can’t Sit Still and Learn! Could Gym, Playgrounds and Exercise be the Answer?
Jan 2008:		Is Your Kid Making the Grade?

2007

Dec 2007:		Technology and the Disintegration of the Family
Nov 2007:		Technology and the Decline of the Educational Empire
Oct 2007:		How much time are your elementary teachers actually devoting to teaching children to print?
Sep 2007:		Parents – The School Year is Starting. Does Your Child Have the Edge?/a>
Sep 2007:		Professionals – Television and Videogames – Negative Impact on Student Performance
Sep 2007:		Schools – Have We Dropped the Ball when it Comes to Child Education?
Jun 2007:		Defining Focus: Addressing the Complexity and Value of Attention
May 2007:		To Chew.. or Not to Chew
Fall 2007:		Zone’in: MYTHS AND FACTS