Ph.D. Student Indiana University Indianapolis, IN, United States
This study explores how to address children's screen time dependency in social work practice by including indigenous puppetry as a culturally grounded intervention. Using narrative synthesis, this study highlights the importance of indigenous puppetry as a creative engagement with possible therapeutic benefits and honoring Indigenous traditions and environmental sustainability.
Learning Objectives:
To understand how excessive screen time harms children's physical, emotional, and social well-being.
To investigate the possible benefits of incorporating indigenous puppetry into social work interventions for minimizing children's screen time dependency.
To explore the therapeutic benefits of indigenous puppetry within its indigenous knowledge sovereignty paradigm and integrate same with social work practice.
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