Duke Study on Media Violence and Unhealthy Eating: The TV is not a Good Babysitter Teens consumed more unhealthy foods and beverages on days they were exposed to violence, and suffered from fatigue due to poor sleep the next day, according to a...
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Improving Motivation A simple way to improve motivation is to self-monitor your behaviors. This involves breaking goals down into daily task. Completing daily tasks and charting your progress gives you instant feedback on your progress. Seeing...
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Digital Detox – What You Should Know In today’s blog post we will discuss the value of Summerland Camps beyond a digital detox. Parents often seek out services at Summerland camps because they believe a digital detox is what their child...
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Behavioral Change: A Family Matter In today’s blog post we will explore some ideas to make activity a fun part of your family’s daily routine. The only thing better than giving one child of pedometer to measure their daily activity is...
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Rock Climbing at Summer Therapy Camp It’s easy to see on the Summerland camps website that we do a lot of challenging activities. White water rafting, zip lining, caving, hiking, robotics, exploring and more can be exhilarating and...
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Limit Setting in Tech Overuse In a recent Podcast Dallas Mavericks owner and “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban discussed mechanisms for setting up limits on his children’s tech use habits. There is no doubt about it- structure is good. Particularly...
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Going Home The final phase of the behavior change process is the home transition. While technically not a phase that happens at camp, preparing for a successful transition back home is what we focus on while at camp, so it’s absolutely part of...
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Reunited with Technology Summerland Camps takes a revolutionary approach to screen time overuse. Most programs completely limit screen use with their campers, taking an abstinence approach. Simply put, abstinence approaches do not work. How...
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Building Insight and Practicing Coping Skills At Summerland Camps building insight and practicing coping skills is not as easily placed in a timeline as the other components. Generally this piece is done continually through the program. The...
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Skill Building In this phase campers learn more about systematic self-monitoring and the importance self regulation plays on achieving their behavioral goals. We also learn concrete skills such as: How to set up your device to limit your...
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Education on Screen Time Overuse At camp we watch movies and read articles on the effects of screen time overuse. Many campers are shocked to read research on screen based activity and learn how structural changes in the brain result in extreme...
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Phase I: Technology Detox The first phase campers to through is what we call a “technology detox.” We don’t focus on separating from our devices or online activities. Instead, we focus on having fun! Making Friends Campers...
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