Online Gaming Help for Teens From Alabama
Looking for Online Gaming Help in Alabama?
Our program is located in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania and serves teens from Alabama, in addition to teens from across the US. Campers typically attend out Residential Treatment Center for video game addiction for a school semester or longer.
Our focus is to help young people learn how to live in tandem with video games, cell phones (smartphones), and other digital devices so that they can be successful with life beyond high school. At our summer camp for video game addiction, we start out by providing a technology-free environment and slowly reintroduce campers to smartphones and the internet. We work on social skills, academic skills, anger management, and developing structure before the technology is reintroduced.
We also provide a family component to set the child up for success. Parents participate in family therapy sessions with your child’s assigned counselor while at Camp Pocono Trails. We also teach parents how to best support their child at home.
Our professional staff includes therapists, teachers, and program specialists. Based in a home-like setting, we help teenagers develop the motivation and drive to reinvent their lives and set goals for life after high school.
While not the primary focus of the program, we can teach parents how to set controls to limit game time. Parents need to be careful to avoid a limiting-only approach. Limiting game time needs to be done in conjunction with developing the motivation to pursue other activities as well.
At our summer camps for video game addiction, we help Alabama families prepare the home for the student’s transition back. Ensuring your child’s success back at home and for life after their teen years is our top priority.
How Frequently are Campers from Alabama Going Online?
Why we need summer camps for video game addiction is apparent. According to Pew Research 92% of teens report going online daily of that 24% go online almost constantly. Now imagine what your child could have accomplished if they used this online time in a productive way- studying for school, making friends, or playing sports to build physical activity.
22% of teenagers log on to their favorite social media site more than 10 times a day, according to a study in Pediatrics. The constant checking of social media has been linked to depression and low self-esteem as campers compare themselves with others online. The feeling of less “likes” or “friends” online can lead to a reinforcement of these negative feelings.
To the teenager, it can feel like video games are the only escape or the only way to connect. Our summer camp for video game addiction will provide opportunities for in-person interaction so that your child can catch up socially with their peers and learn to feel successful offline.
According to Nielson, the average American devotes about 10 hours and 39 minutes each day to consuming media 65% of awake hours. For college campers, it’s especially worrisome, as Science Daily reports female college campers spend 62% of waking hours on cell phones (males 50%).
Early intervention is the key, as research has found these habits begin in the teen years. 90% of 9th-grade girls and 70% of boys in one study used screens for more than 2-hours per day.
Who does Camp Pocono Trails help?
Camp Pocono Trails helps teens struggling with issues similar to those below:
– Video game addiction
– Social isolation
– Technology Addiction
– Low Self Esteem
– Impulse Control
– Family Conflict
– Poor Communication Skills
– Depression
– Social Issues
– Social Anxiety Disorder
– Autism Spectrum
– Addictive Behaviors
– ADHD
– School Refusal
– Trauma
– Anxiety
Resources
Online Gaming Help: First Steps with the Xbox
As parents, our job is to prepare our children for the independence of adulthood. Below is a valuable resource for parents you may want to try as a first step:
Xbox LIVE Healthy Gaming Guide
This guide is designed to help you be safe and comfortable while using your Xbox 360⢠and Xbox® to play video games.
Things to consider:
- Position: Make sure your position is not encouraging discomfort.
- Forces: Even low forces can cause injury, especially when repeated over time.
- Breaks: Stepping away at regular intervals is important.
- Health: Keep a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
- Tools for Families: Find out how to use ratings, parental controls, and more.
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/Live/HealthyGamingGuide
Online Gaming Help: Know Your ESBR Ratings
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is the non-profit, self-regulatory body that assigns ratings for video games and apps so parents can make informed choices. The ESRB rating system encompasses guidance about age-appropriateness, content, and interactive elements.
As part of its self-regulatory role for the video game industry, the ESRB also enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines and helps ensure responsible web and mobile privacy practices under its Privacy Certified program. ESRB was established in 1994 by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).
Camp Pocono Trails helps families from Alabama
Camp Pocono Trails helps Alabama families from cities and towns like Lake Purdy Orange Beach Vestavia Hills Indian Springs Village Homewood Meadowbrook Pike Road Hoover Mobile