Internet Gaming Disorder Treatment For Teens From Illinois

Gaming Disorder Treatment Center / Gaming Rehab for Illinois Teens

While based in Pennsylvania, Illinois families seek our Gaming Disorder Treatment Center because of our unique ability to adapt to the academic curriculum for Illinois campers.  Our video game addiction rehab helps gamers develop the internal drive and motivation to focus on academics- not the latest video game. 

Lack of self-regulation is the common denominator that affects a student’s preoccupation with video games and lack of focus on everything else: school, friends, chores, reading, and so on.  At Camp Pocono Trails, developing self-regulation skills is what we do.

Gaming Disorder Treatment Centers for Illinois teens should not be punitive.  We take a natural approach, reconnecting teens with nature, friends, and themselves over time.  We start out with a back to nature phase where campers fully unplug and are immersed in a natural environment.  Being in nature helps our campers quickly get over the withdrawal phase of video game addiction.

Video game addiction help is not a simple as taking away the student’s video game system.  Screens are everywhere, and many parents come to us with stories of how their student has been able to bypass whatever safeguards they put of.  On top of that, computers and Chromebooks are often issued at school, and socializing through an online app by a smartphone has become a normal part of identity development.

One thing we hear a lot at Camp Pocono Trails is a child’s belief that, “All my friends are online, so if you take this away from me, I would be all alone.”  Video game addiction help is not an all-or-nothing issue. At Camp Pocono Trails, we take a harm reduction approach. This means educating the student on the harmful effects of certain online activities including:

  • Online pornography
  • Video game violence
  • How violence is portrayed in certain games
  • How gender roles are portrayed in certain games
  • How playing games without set boundaries can interfere with academics, social practice, or achieving your life goals

Using a harm reduction approach, Camp Pocono Trails campers become enlightened as to the habit-forming qualities of video games and social media, in addition to how exposure to different types of online media can change your perceptions of violence or gender roles.

We Help Transfer Online Success to Offline Success for Illinois Teens

It™s easy to get locked into a pattern of policing electronics. The problem with a policing strategy is that it does nothing to help the child learn how to manage electronic use independently.  If your child is headed to college or independent living soon without the ability to manage their screen activity, you should intervene as soon as possible.

Sometimes it’s just easier for a team of seasoned professionals to address an issue that has become toxic for a parent to address.  Parents and teens can become deadlocked in a disagreement about video game or internet use. This is where Camp Pocono Trails can help. We give the teen a format to reinvent themselves in a nonjudgmental, supportive atmosphere with other former gamers.  

Gaming Disorder Treatment is uncharted territory for most parents.  Parents today are tasked with raising the very first generation of teenagers immersed in a world of technology.  Screens are everywhere- teens bring internet-connected smartphones to school and often have access to games on the bus, in class, in the lunchroom, and back home again until mom or dad return from work.  For most families, gaming addiction is an issue that requires high levels of intervention.

Illinois 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 Illinois 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:
– Low Self Esteem
– School Refusal
– Social isolation
– Anxiety
– Poor Communication Skills
– Trauma
– Technology Addiction
– ADHD
– Video game addiction
– Social Anxiety Disorder
– Addictive Behaviors
– Autism Spectrum
– Social Issues
– Depression
– Family Conflict
– Impulse Control

Resources

Internet Gaming Disorder Resource: ESBR Ratings

http://www.esrb.org/

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).  Parents who attend the workshop at our Gaming Disorder Treatment Center learn how to choose appropriate media for their campers.

Internet Gaming Disorder Resource: Setting up Controls on Your Apple Computer and Phone

Apple brand products offer some of the best and hardest to get around controls for parents.

You can learn how to set up parental controls for Apple products here: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph18571?locale=en_US

As a parent, you want your kids to have a safe and happy experience on the Mac. Using Parental Controls preferences, you can manage, monitor, and control the time your kids spend on the Mac, the websites they visit, and the people they chat with.  After you set restrictions for a child using a Mac, you can manage parental controls from a different Mac. Both computers must be on the same network.

At our Gaming Disorder Treatment Center, parents learn how to structure their child’s device to ensure success.  

Camp Pocono Trails Helps Illinois Families From Cities Such As:

Some examples of cities from Illinois which may have families who could use Camp Pocono Trails: Chicago Aurora Rockford Joliet Naperville Springfield Peoria Elgin Waukegan Champaign Cicero town Bloomington Arlington Heights village Evanston Schaumburg village Bolingbrook village Decatur Palatine village Skokie village Des Plaines Orland Park village Tinley Park village Oak Lawn village Berwyn Mount Prospect village Normal town Wheaton Hoffman Estates village Oak Park village