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Gunner, Gamer or Shooter - Which one can be controlled?
By Cris Rowan, pediatric occupational therapist
Hearts everywhere go out to families and friends of victims of the mass killing at Sandy Hook School. Bewildered as to why the shooter did such a heinous crime, society is quick to assign blame to poor gun control or too much video gaming, without really giving any consideration to the profound complexity of this issue. Clearly the shooter is the problem, not guns or video games, and determining causal factors is not black and white. Obsession with guns, or compulsive use of video games, are not problems in and of themselves, but should be looked upon as symptoms of underlying problems, which deserve careful examination. If parents, education and health professionals better understood some of the problems that cause children or youth to develop unhealthy attachments to guns or video games, they could intervene in a preventative manner, and stop a "gunner" or a "gamer" from turning into a "shooter". Trying to control guns or video games to stop shooters, is only looking at the tip of a very large iceberg, one that is growing incrementally.
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Cris in the News
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CBC's BC Almanac interview with Mark Forsythe about the impact of technology on the developing child on Dec. 21, 2012 at 12:30 PM PST.
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Part I of II 67 minute webinar "When is tech too much for your child" sponsored by Scholars Choice featuring Cris Rowan.
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Upcoming Foundation Series Workshops
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One in three children enter school developmentally vulnerable, one in four are obese, and one in six have a diagnosed mental illness. For parents, health and education professionals, the Foundation Series Workshops provide research referenced information, tools and techniques to enhance child development and learning. Give your child and school the edge they need to grow and succeed!
Vancouver - Marriot Hotel - February 18, 19, 20, 2013
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Zone'in Products
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About the Author
Cris Rowan is a pediatric occupational therapist committed to enhancing child health and academic performance. Well known activist, speaker, sensory specialist and author, Cris is the "Go To" expert on child learning, development and technology overuse.
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News
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'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother': A Mom's Perspective On The Mental Illness Conversation In America
By Lisa Long on Dec. 16, 2012 for Huffington Post Parents
Liza Long, a writer based in Boise, says "It's easy to talk about guns, but it's time to talk about mental illness" as she relays her own struggles with her son who has a mental illness and is violent.
On December 17, 2012 for Game Politics
Researchers from Ohio State University concluded that those "people who played a violent video game for three consecutive days showed increases in aggressive behavior and hostile expectations each day they played" while "those who played non-violent games showed no meaningful changes in aggression or hostile expectations over that period."
Day of ceasefire for online shooters - Dec. 21, 2012
Antwand Pearman who runs GamerFitNation, proposed a demonstration of peace he calls the "Day of Ceasefire for online Shooters" On December 21, for 24 hours, Antwand is calling on his fellow gamers to cease playing online shooter games to show "that we as gamers give a damn".
Students and Video Game Addiction
On December 13, 2012 for Inside Higher Ed
In one of the most authoritative studies, a longitudinal study of 3,000 third- through eighth-graders in Singapore, researchers from Iowa State University and elsewhere found 9 percent of gamers to be "pathological," meaning that their gaming damaged multiple parts of their lives, including school performance.
Residential center for internet addiction sees big demand
On November 13, 2012 for Addiction Treatment Industry Newswire
In what is probably the biggest evidence yet that the Net addiction therapeutic specialty has arrived is that there is now a residential center devoted exclusively to treating the affliction that, by all accounts, is growing by leaps and bounds.
Internet Addiction: The new mental health disorder
By Dr. Mercola on November 24, 2012 for Mercola.com
"Internet use disorder" will be recommended as an area that needs further study in the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM), which means it may become an actual mental health disorder very soon.
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