Main description:

Offers parents, and training and practising professionals in psychology, psychotherapy, education and social work insight into what the evidence says about human behaviour online, what this means for how children develop and how we can best support children to be safe and healthy online now and in future.
Accessibly presents the key research from psychology, sociology and biology to reveal how and why humans interact with platforms, apps and software.
Covers essential topics including social media, gaming and harmful effects of technology and social media.

Contents:

SECTION 1 THE THEORY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN A WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY

Attachment, Trauma and Child Development in an Exponential Technological Age

1. Attachment and Infancy, the Foundation of our Behaviour and Development

2.Trauma, A Very Basic Introduction

3.E-ttachment and the Developing Child

4.The Neurobiology of Online Behaviour: A New Proposition

5. Biology Before Brain: Why States Precede Disinhibition Online

6. Addiction, Attachment or Something Else? What is the Problem?

7.Parenting and Professional Understanding of Children With, Around and Through Technology

SECTION 2 GAMING PITFALLS, POSITIVES AND PROCESSES: HOW TO HELP

8.Gaming; Good, Bad or the Problem? From Play to Time Limitations

9. Gaming Issues, Risks and Pitfalls

10. Abuse in Gaming: From Bullying to Exploitation

11. It's Not All Bad: Examples From Practice

12. Gambling in Games: Is This the Same as Sticker Books, Competition or is it More Sinister?

SECTION 3 SOCIAL MEDIA: RELATIONSHIPS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. THE WHAT, WHY AND HOW TO HELP

13. Does Technology, Social Media or our Devices Have an Impact on Mental Health?

14. Social Media and Dis-Order

15. Just What is Social Media and What is it For?

16. Social Behaviour in an Online World, Parenting and Child Development

17. Who, What, Why, When and the How of Social Media, and the New Communication Language

18. Social, Communication and Attachment Media: An Online Scam?