Prevention Program

Media Literacy Education

  • AUDIENCE: Parents or caregivers

  • METHOD: e-Learning

  • LENGTH: 3 hours

  • DESCRIPTION: 5 major topics

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Media Aware Parent

Teaches parents or caregivers skills and strategies to improve communication with their adolescent children, especially regarding media and sexual and relationship health.

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RELATED PRESENTATIONS

Scull, T.M., Keefe, E., & Malik, C.V. (2017, May). The birds, the bees, and Kim Kardashian: Engaging and equipping parents to navigate sex and media with adolescents. Workshop presented at the SHIFT NC Annual Conference: Greensboro, NC.

Parker, A., Barrett, T. M., Parker, J.G., Kupersmidt, J.B., Stelter, R.L., & Parker, K. (2008). Adolescent characteristics and parental protective behaviors surrounding alcohol use in high- and low-risk environments. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Conference, Chicago, IL.

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