{"id":3738,"date":"2020-02-05T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veipd.org\/earlyintervention\/?p=3738"},"modified":"2021-10-15T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T21:30:08","slug":"technology-and-toddlerhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veipd.org\/earlyintervention\/2020\/02\/05\/technology-and-toddlerhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology and Toddlerhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ever been in a home visit with a parent who is\nsimultaneously using his\/her phone while discussing the child with you? There\nare lots of ways that phones and screen time show up during visits. For\ninstance, parents hand their child a phone to keep him quiet or distract other\nchildren in the home. Parents may pull out their phones to take down notes\nabout interventions or the next appointment. They show us videos and pictures\nof exciting progress in milestones, or to ask a question about something going\non with their child. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cell phones and all other forms of screens are such a huge part of life today, including children\u2019s lives starting as early as infancy and toddlerhood. As service coordinators and providers, we can choose to resist or ignore these changes, and feel frustrated with how they impact early intervention outcomes. OR, we can step up to the challenge of employing phones and technology as tools in our interventions and interactions with families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AAP Screen Time Recommendations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The American Academy of Pediatrics has made a formal\nstatement of recommendations for use of technology for children of all ages in\ntheir Media and Young Minds Policy<\/a> (2016). Some specific advice for ages 0-3 includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n