Working Across Difference

This video of Dr. Velma LaPoint's and Dr. Makeda Keegan's breakout session was recorded at the Children's Screen Time Action Network Conference in Boston, MA on April 21, 2018.

Presenters have conducted discussions, research, and interventions with ethnic, income, education, and age diverse parents and families on their children’s access to and use of technology including reduction of screen time. They discuss barriers and problems to screen time reduction for children, existing and possible strategies for screen time reduction, culturally responsive strategies to reduce children’s screen time, and existing and needed policies that can support diverse families determining what constitutes appropriate screen access for children.

Dr. LaPoint teaches undergraduate/graduate courses on diverse youth and families; youth placed at risk and their resiliency; youth, consumer culture, screens and the earth; and integrative, complimentary, and expressive therapies to promote mental health and wellness.

Dr. Keegan began her professional career designing and implementing school-to-work technical and soft skills training programs for Boston high school students. She is a technologist with over a decade of web development, social media strategy, and technical communication experience.

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