Free Video: Dr Amanda Gummer on Children’s Digital Wellbeing Framework

Dr Amanda Gummer is a Play Expert and child psychologist, who has a PhD in Neuropsychology, a postgraduate certificate in Higher Education and over 20 years’ experience working with children and families. She runs FUNdamentally Children and founded the Good Play Guide in 2012 to provide an independent, expert accreditation service for children’s play-based products. Amanda is also the Chair of the Association of Play Industries.

Dr Gummer is widely considered as the UK’s go-to expert on play, toys and child development and can be seen regularly in the media, including BBC News, Sky News, The Daily Mail and many more, offering advice on news stories and issues surrounding children, families and child development.

In this session, Dr. Gummer introduces the Children’s Digital Wellbeing Framework, an open-source, evidence-led resource designed to help educators and parents identify digital content that genuinely supports children’s health and development, going beyond safety guidelines to put wellbeing at the centre.

In this episode you’ll:

• Discover what the Children’s Digital Wellbeing Framework is and why wellbeing — not just safety — sits at its heart
• Find out how the open-source framework can support nurseries and settings in making more informed decisions about the digital content children access
• Learn about the eight pillars of resilience the framework is built around, including communication, emotional regulation and problem solving
• Understand how the forthcoming accreditation mark will help parents and educators quickly identify quality digital content across platforms
• Hear about the ambitious plans to take the framework global and into hardware, accessibility and age-specific guidance

Watch this episode to find out how the Children’s Digital Wellbeing Framework could become a practical, time-saving tool for every early years setting.

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