Below are some resources shared via the Lunch and Learn professional development series for members:
Administrator Toolkit for how to roll out a phone-free policy for your school:
https://phonefreeschoolsmovement.org/administrator-toolkit/
Resources from Fairplayforkids.org about screens and schools:
https://fairplayforkids.org/pf/screens-in-schools-action-kit/
Discussion prompts for parents (based on The Anxious Generation)
Discussion prompts for educators (based on The Anxious Generation)
EdTech Triangle (to help make informed decisions about which types of technology to allow in classrooms and which types to limit or restrict): https://www.everyschool.org/the-edtech-triangle
American Academy of Pediatrics Screen Time Guidelines for Young Children
ScreenStrong.org -- great resource for parents whose kids are struggling with video games in particular
Kids' Brains and Screens -- great textbook, meant for kids, (created by the team behind ScreenStrong) that explains adolescent brain development and how it's affected by screens
How to Break Up With Your Phone
Jon Haidt's After Babel substack newsletter
Jon Haidt's Collaborative Review doc evaluating all the studies he's aware of that have looked at kids and tech
Essay from a school security organization about how cell phones make kids less safe in emergencies
LetGrow.org -- the org that has lots of ideas to encourage more independent play and competence/confidence-building activities for kids
Choose Your Own Adventure Guide to Smartphone Alternatives
Op-ed by Jon Haidt and colleagues about how many members of Gen Z regret the invention of social media
Info on the friendship toolkit (there is a box that mentions it about halfway down the page on the right)--here's a description of the tools:
The Feelings Thermometer: a physical reminder of how one can better understand our own feelings and find strategies to bring yourself back to a place of calm or the "green zone."
Optimism Glasses: A tool to help see things in a more positive light!
I-Statement Microphones: This tool supports students in appropriately identifying their own emotions and expressing these emotions in clear and prosocial ways.
Break it, Fix it Tool: After a child uses his “I Statement Microphone” to share feelings with a friend during a conflict, the children hold up their “Break it, Fix it” tool and say, “Let’s fix it!” This tool teaches children how to engage in an apology of action rather than merely saying “sorry.”
Win/Win Solution Card: Through practicing negotiating win-win solutions, children learn how to brainstorm multiple solutions to problems and how to reach a compromise which is satisfactory to everyone.
Moving On Tool: This tool is a promise that one will try to “move their heart to a new feeling” rather than remaining angry or frustrated or continuing to talk about the conflict.