Online Gaming Help for Teens From Arizona

Looking for Online Gaming Help in Arizona?

Our program is located in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania and serves teens from Arizona, 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 Arizona 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.

Arizona Teens Suffer Poor Academic Performance Due to Video Game Addiction

Our Pennsylvania based summer camp for video game addiction focuses on creating real change in the lives of teens.  53% of college campers say video games caused them to put off doing academic work. One study which examined adolescent video game play found that campers who played video games spent 30% less time reading.  The same study found that kids who play video games during the week spent 34% less time doing homework. 

Playing video games is time-consuming and take mental energy.  If your child is putting off schoolwork to play video games or browse the internet, an intervention may be needed.  We know that playing video games before bedtime can affect the quality of your sleep and being overstimulated can make it harder to pay attention in class the next day.

Often it’s a self-perpetuating cycle as campers only feel successful online. Their coursework falls behind, and they feel like they just can™t keep up in school.  We help young people press the reset button on their schoolwork by providing corrective learning experiences and by helping our campers learn how to manage their screen use.

Our summer camp for video game addiction uses a specialized curriculum will ensure your child gets back on track academically as we create successful, corrective academic opportunities for your child.  The Arizona school system may have failed your child, but our focused academic program will help your student get back on track.

Who does Camp Pocono Trails help?

Camp Pocono Trails helps teens struggling with issues similar to those below:
– Social isolation
– Video game addiction
– Family Conflict
– Technology Addiction
– Social Anxiety Disorder
– Low Self Esteem
– ADHD
– Impulse Control
– Poor Communication Skills
– Addictive Behaviors
– Autism Spectrum
– School Refusal
– Depression
– Trauma
– Social Issues
– 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: Self Management Tools

Ultimately, developing a child’s ability to self-manage their use of technology for entertainment should be the primary focus.  However, if you are ready to try some lower level interventions, here are some resources to help guide you:

Focus Me: https://focusme.com/

FocusMe is the most powerful App and Website Blocker for Windows, Mac & Android.

StayFocused: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en

StayFocusd increases your productivity by limiting the amount of time that you can spend on time-wasting websites.

Camp Pocono Trails helps families from Arizona

Camp Pocono Trails helps Arizona families from cities and towns like Paradise Valley Carefree Cave Creek Rio Verde Sedona Scottsdale Catalina Foothills Fountain Hills Tortolita Tanque Verde