Train your disconnection

Erasmus plus Training Course, Train Your Disconnection

 

According to the most recent statistics shared by Eurostat, 91% of young people in the EU makes daily use of the internet. The use of social networks and technology within young people in Europe increased in the past years until reaching an average of 6 hours per day, meaning they spend 1/4  of their day on it.
Such amount of time has an impact on the brain functioning and on its development. There is a link between social media and depression, several recent studies have shown that teenage and young adult users who spend most of their free time on Instagram, Facebook and other platforms have a relevant higher rate (from 13% to 66 percent) of reported depression than those who make moderate use of them. LINK. 
According to recent studies, social media dramatically changed the way we communicate, socialize, make and keep friendships. If there are benefits of living in a digital world, there are also risks. Today’s youth miss on critical and social skills development when they spend the majority of their free time connected to and interacting through a screen. They can also get lost in a world of unrealistic models, be victims of cyberbullying and feel left out. LINK

 

˝Train your disconnection˝ aims to improve the competences of youth workers in supporting young people in the following areas:

 

- increasing their self-awareness upon their relationship with technology and the impact it has on them

- building more healthy habits concerning how they use technology

- improving their soft skills