Parenting In the Digital World: Todays Trends and Tools for online safety

349 North Oak Crest Drive,Wales WI 53183

13 March, 2023

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Parenting today is challenging, especially with managing social media, maintaining healthy communication skills, and conflict resolution in today's social climate. Join us to learn about the latest trends in social media apps and devices: What you need to know about device management before getting your child a device, how to manage once they have access to the digital world and how to maintain healthy transparency surrounding social media. You will learn what, why, and how to deal with the digital media craze. Learn the positive and negative impact of devices and how to safeguard your kids and family. About the Presenter: Deanna Marincic MSW LCSW Deanna is a Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist who has been working in the mental health field treating individuals, families, and adolescents for over 25 years with all levels of care. She has worked extensively with teenagers, their families and adult clients with addictions, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders, family and couples work, co-parenting, and behavioral management skill building. ​Founder of Gals Institute LLC. in 2015 and with a growing team of skilled providers; Deanna launched mental health in schools. Partnered with 9 school districts, access to much needed services for families in the school setting is provided. Deanna and her team provide staff development, district support, school wide initiatives related to resilience building and help schools destigmatize mental health and bridge services to families in the district. As a personal passion project to help families and kids six years and up develop confidence, self-esteem and much needed resiliency, Deanna has created several trademarked prevention and resiliency building workshops, using research based modalities in an engaging interactive multifaceted way to help support the whole family system. In 2017 after the demand for the workshops expanded, she founded Gals On The Go Project foundation that offers these positive impact programs to the community and school settings for no charge with the support of generous donors, fundraising and grants. ​Deanna promotes prevention and healing in her work with clients and trains new clinicians in the same way. She was an Oconomowoc Public Education Foundation (OPEF) board member 2013-2014 and President 2014-2016, and proudly awarded the 2017 Woman in Business of the Year by the Oconomowoc Area Chamber of Commerce. Gals Institute and Deanna have been voted by Lake Country Family Fun as top providers 2019-2021. Deanna continues as an active member of the Oconomowoc and Delafield Chamber of commerce where she collaborates with other like-minded business leaders committed to the emotional health of our community. As a sought-after presenter, Deanna brings her down to earth personality to educate the community on issues such as socio-emotional adolescent development, anxiety, resiliency building, parenting, and treatment of addictions.