Internet Gaming Disorder Treatment For Teens From Connecticut

Gaming Disorder Treatment Center that Serves Connecticut Teens

Located in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, we serve Connecticut teens.  Our Gaming Disorder Treatment Center is a viable solution for families seeking the very best option for their teen who overuses video games and related online habits (excessive Youtube watching, online pornography, social media).  

At Camp Pocono Trails, we help teens learn how to live life in balance.  We are the premiere behavior change therapeutic program for teens that struggle with digital overuse behaviors including help for internet addiction, family discord, and social problems.  

Our Gaming Disorder Treatment Center helps teens from Connecticut with the following issues:

  • Video Game Addiction
  • Social Media Addiction
  • Cell Phone/Smartphone Addiction
  • Internet Addiction
  • Related issues including problems making friends, social shyness, poor academic performance, and more.

Our highly qualified staff focus only on video game rehab issues.  We don™t accept teens with psychosis or higher level issues. In fact, many of our campers are quite bright with promising futures.  Any student enrolled at Camp Pocono Trails must have an intellectual capacity in the average range or higher. This is because our help is oriented toward building insight.  

Participants engage in group and individual therapy to self-reflect and build insight.  But the help doesn’t stop there. We help young people find practical coping skills to align their daily routine with their long-term goals.  It™s not enough to acknowledge you have a problem- although that is a good starting place. Campers at our video game rehab program also leave with the skills and tools to be successful well beyond the structure of Camp Pocono Trails.

Video Game Addiction Individual and Group Therapy for Connecticut Teens at Camp Pocono Trails

Teens at our Gaming Disorder Treatment Center receive individual and group therapy for video game addiction and internet overuse habits. We have licensed therapists helping teens develop insight and commit to new routines in life.

We also have family therapy sessions where we help parents best support their teen upon their transition home from Camp Pocono Trails.  We discuss in family sessions how parents can reinforce positive feelings when a child sticks to their behavioral contract and we also encourage parents to reinforce negative feelings when the child fails to live up to behavioral expectations.

If your child meets behavioral goals for the week, a small reward is in order such as choosing a restaurant to eat at the following weekend or maybe spending extra time with mom or day doing their favorite activity like fishing.  Monthly goals being met might warrant a special night out or even a monetary reward. Each family should decide what is right for them and give the child something to work for.

Conversely, if a student does not meet their goal expectations, feeling a bit down about their failures is okay.  In fact, it’s encouraged. This is how people naturally change- they move from a place of discomfort to comfort. It™s just as critical that if your child fails to meet their goals you discuss with them what happened and how they can improve.  Taking an, œit’s okay you™ll just get it next time approach is not the best way to change behaviors.

Connecticut Teens Suffer Poor Academic Performance Due to Internet Gaming Disorder

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. 

Imagine if your child was able to devote the same mental energy it took to become good at their favorite game on a subject in schools like math or science.  At Camp Pocono Trails, we can turn this around. Sometimes it takes an environmental change like a Gaming Disorder Treatment Center and an opportunity to walk the path of success to see happiness achieved through hard work, not idle time playing.

Our specialized curriculum will ensure your child gets back on track academically as we create successful, corrective academic opportunities for your child.  The Connecticut 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:
– Family Conflict
– Depression
– Social isolation
– Addictive Behaviors
– Video game addiction
– Poor Communication Skills
– Social Anxiety Disorder
– Technology Addiction
– ADHD
– Autism Spectrum
– Social Issues
– School Refusal
– Low Self Esteem
– Trauma
– Anxiety
– Impulse Control

Resources

Internet Gaming Disorder Resource: Xbox Setup

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 in lieu of a Gaming Disorder Treatment Center:

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

Internet Gaming Disorder Resource: Smartphone and Tablet Resources

Kids are becoming increasingly tech-savvy these days.  It™s hard for us as parents to keep up. At our Gaming Disorder Treatment Center, we’ve heard it all – campers bypassing routers, logging on to friend™s routers next door, creating proxies, you name it and we’ve heard it!

Here are some resources specifically for smartphones and tablets.  These devices are especially problematic for parents because they are portable and you can™t just block them through your router if your child is connecting at school or a friend™s house:


Android Devices: https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/google-android/android-parental-controls-3461359/


Apple Products: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201304


Google Play Store: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1075738?hl=en

 

Camp Pocono Trails helps families from Connecticut

Camp Pocono Trails helps Connecticut families from cities and towns like Darien New Canaan Greenwich Westport Weston Wilton Groton Long Point Town of Ridgefield Washington Roxbury