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TV screen, computer screen, smart phone screen, tablet screen. Is the screen only a screen or is it having more influence on us than we realise?

I am a psychomotor therapist working with the international school population in Paris for over 20 years.  You might wonder what a psychomotor therapist knows about high-technology. Nothing, well at least, not very much. But I am seeing the secondary effects on children who are obliged at school to use the virtual environment more and more. And of course keep track of reports highlighting similar issues for adults in the workplace.

The various psychological, (difficulty in expressing themselves, passivity) academic (short attention span, poor forward planning skills), physiological (poor posture), psychomotor symptoms and relational consequences (peers and parent communication) are just a few.

Join me for a presentation from a different viewpoint, exploring how the virtual environment is affecting the young visual generation of today from children to young adults. 

About the speaker
Frances P. Ryan is a Psychomotor Therapist and Remedial Educator with 40 years experience working with special needs primary school children.   Prior to living in France, Ms. Ryan directed the organization of facilities serving severely multi-handicapped children in Malta. 

Ms. Ryan is co-founder and president of SPRINT for 10 years [1986-96].  Sprint is a growing European multi-disciplinary professional network  offering resources to the special needs Anglophone community.  She has lectured extensively in Europe, Malta and Pakistan. She served on the E.C.I.S Special Education Committee for two years and individual international schools also have used her services as mediator between teachers/children/parents.  

Ms. Ryan presently has her own private practice in Paris, as well as devoting time to promoting of Psychomotor awareness in education and the concept of “holistic learning" in both French and Anglophone schools throughout France.