Gaming Addiction Help Program that Serves Montana Teens
Located in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, we serve Montana teens. Our 24/7 overnight program 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).
Video game disorder help is becoming more common because video games are designed to be habit forming. Overall, the video game industry generates over $100 billion dollars in revenue per year. Video game designers, like anyone else trying to make a profit, are always looking for ways to get more people playing their games. They accomplish this by making a game just challenging enough to keep you coming back for more but not so hard that the player eventually gives up.
At Camp Pocono Trails, we help teens learn how to live life in balance so that video games are not taking over your teen’s life. We are the premier video game disorder help program for teens that struggle with digital overuse behaviors including help for internet addiction, family discord, and social problems.
Camp Pocono Trails Provides Help for Montana Teens Needing Gaming Addiction Help
At Camp Pocono Trails, therapists, nutritionists, counselors, instructors, nursing, and activity staff all work together as a multidisciplinary team to help your child. Multidisciplinary care happens when professionals from a range of disciplines work together to deliver comprehensive care that addresses as many of the camper’s needs as possible.
We also work with families on how to manage your screen activity as a role model back home. One effective way to change screen behaviors in your child long term is to role model. When having a conversation with your child, give them your full attention and be sure you are not also using your iPad or phone. Dont check your phone when driving. Dont check devices while at dinner.
Video game disorder help is only effective if the parents are role modeling the behaviors they want to see with their child. Children will be more inclined to read if they see a parent reading. They will be more inclined to exercise if they see a parent exercising. Find a hobby or activity your child might be interested in doing where you can spend time together in lieu of video game playing or browsing the internet. Researchers also recommend replacing fast-paced recreational games with educational games.
Gaming Addiction Help: Individual Therapy for Montana Teens
At Camp Pocono Trails, we support individual therapy. We can work in tandem with therapists back home in Montana to ensure a smooth continuity of care from our Pennsylvania summer camp on 350 private acres. We also recommend our families engage in family therapy sessions while your child is in attendance. This is done during workshop weekends.
Sometimes individual outpatient therapy does not work because the teen is not honest or realistic about their issues. Many people have shame and anxiety about discussing their most problematic behaviors or thoughts and only share part of the story with their therapist. For example, a teen complains about not being able to sustain friendships in therapy, yet they dont reveal to the therapist they were invited to a birthday party but did not go in order to stay home and play video games instead. For this individual, outpatient therapy is unlikely to succeed at accomplishing the initially stated goal.
Also, sometimes a teen just needs a higher level of help than outpatient therapy can provide. Or the teen may be unwilling to attend therapy sessions. For outpatient therapy to be effective, the student needs to engage with the therapist. For example, most behavioral therapists have the student journal or track behaviors in order to change behaviors.
If a student is unwilling to do these most basic components of help, parents should look at going up to the next level of intervention. This can be a help center like Camp Pocono Trails which specializes in video game disorder help.
Montana Teens Can Find Success at Our Gaming Addiction Help Center
Montana teens often struggle with video game disorder, which leads them to our Pennsylvania based facility. This can lead to depression, being bullied, and having a hard time making friends. Part of our help process is catching campers back up on social skills they may have missed out on due to excessive gaming.
Finding success also means building motivation to pursue meaningful life pursuits. Building motivation is fun! We use systematic self-monitoring techniques to guide campers to better habits that also builds motivation. Systematic self-monitoring is just a fancy term for carefully planning your daily behaviors, in addition to setting up support plans to ensure planned behaviors are executed. Campers set themselves up for college success or life beyond high school by building the life skills they need to be successful on their own.
Who does Camp Pocono Trails help?
Camp Pocono Trails helps teens struggling with issues similar to those below:
– Family Conflict
– Anxiety
– Trauma
– ADHD
– Addictive Behaviors
– Social Anxiety Disorder
– Social isolation
– Autism Spectrum
– Social isolation
– School Refusal
– Low Self Esteem
– Poor Communication Skills
– Social Issues
– Depression
– Video game addiction
– Impulse Control
Resources
Gaming Addiction Help: Ensure Success with Online 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.
Gaming Addiction Help: 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.
Camp Pocono Trails helps families from Montana
Camp Pocono Trails helps Montana families from cities and towns like Bigfork Whitefish Bonner Condon Bozeman Huson Orchard Homes Frenchtown Huntley Shepherd