Webinar: The Science of Routine

Date: March 8, 2021

Time: 03 – 04.30 PM (GMT)

Place: ZOOM webinar

Description

The time spent with family – or lack thereof – is a crucial protective or risk factor for a healthy childhood and the way a child’s life will develop. Parents’ attention, understanding, patience and feedback to the child contribute to children’s wellbeing and harmony.

While warm emotions, playing, and joint activities come naturally as something that parents imagine their child needs, family routines are equally important for creating safe a predictable environment that help the child to be confident, live healthier, be less anxious, get better and longer sleep and perform better academically.

Planet Youth has been for years working with communities and parents’ active involvement in children’s wellbeing through evidence informed action.

This webinar will explore the science of routines. The discussion will examine a concrete example of how data from Planet Youth can inform effective action for a given community and empowerment of parents.

Empowering parents to invest in family time is of critical importance for drug prevention and the promotion of health and development for all children. The purpose of this webinar is therefore to present latest science, showcase best practices and outline the potential for building healthier and more resilient communities.

Agenda

1. UNODC on Listen First
   Speaker: Elizabeth Mattfeld, project coordinator, UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit
2. Planet Youth on the work with data and how to deliver data to parents so they can engage in prevention work Speaker: Emmet Major, Planet Youth Coordinator, WRDATF – Galway, Mayo, Roscommon
3. Movendi International about the role of parents and the myths there are about parents’ role in drug prevention Speaker: Kristina Sperkova, President, Movendi International
4. Question and Answers – 20 minutes

Registration

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About

Planet Youth is prevention model aimed at improving the lives of young people . The model has proven
easily transferable and can be applied in any community.

‘Listen First’ is an initiative bu UNODC, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to increase support for prevention of drug use that is based on science and is thus an effective investment in the well-being of children and youth, their families and their communities. Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe.

Movendi International is the largest independent global movement for development through alcohol prevention. With more than 130 member organizations from more than 50 countries Movendi International unites, strengthens and empowers civil society to tackle alcohol and other drugs as serious obstacles to development on personal, community, societal and global level.