(1) Attendees will learn how much time teenagers spend playing Videogames and using the Internet. (2) Attendees will learn what videogames and which Internet sites are most problematic for teens and older children and how to counsel parents about them. (3) Attendees will learn from the FBI which websites are used most frequently to entice child victims and how to counsel parents about these websites.
SECTION PROGRAM
Sat. October 27, 2007, 8 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
8:00 a.m. Business Meeting, Council on Communications and Media
8:45 a.m. Welcome & Introduction
Lewis Wasserman, M.D., FAAP
Vic Strasburger, M.D., FAAP
Program Chairs
9:15 a.m. The Internet: Friend or Foe?
Ed Donnerstein, Ph.D.
9:50 a.m. Protecting Children Online
Brian Boetig
Supervisory Special Agent, FBI, Cyber Crime Squad,
San Francisco
10:25 a.m. BREAK
10:45 a.m. Teaching Children to Kill or to Heal: Antisocial &
Prosocial Videogames
Don Shifrin, M.D., FAAP
11:20 a.m. The Bottom Line on Videogames: What We Know &
What We Don’t Know
Craig A. Anderson, Ph.D.
12:05 p.m. Q & A
12:35 p.m. Presentation: Holroyd-Sherry Award
Recipient: M. Rosario Gonzalez de Rivas, MD, FAAP
12:45 p.m. Adjourn