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Subject: Regarding the CDPH Begins $100 Million Youth Behavioral Health Stigma Reduction and Public Awareness
Campaign
01-26-2023
(P.R.D.D.C.)
PARENTS FOR THE RIGHTS OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED CHILDREN
CRAIG A. DURFEY FOUNDER OF P.R.D.D.C.
P.O.BOX 937 GARDEN GROVE, CA 92842
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... Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2003-03-27/pdf/CREC-2003-03-27.pdf
new website socialemotionalpaws.org
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
Timothy Henderson
Email: timothy.henderson@cdph.ca.gov
Carolyn Jones
Ed Sources
436 14th St.
Suite 310
Oakland, CA 94612
PHONE 510-433-0421 | FAX 510-433-0422
Secretary of CalHHS
California Health & Human Services Agency
1215 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Nora Hana, MA. Ed, PPSC, Certified Youth Mental Health Specialist
Director II
California Healthy Kids Resource Center
Substance Use Disorder Prevention
nhana@sjcoe.
209-468-9089 Office
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Assemblymember Ta,Tri
Capitol Office, 1021 O Street, Suite 5540
P.O. Box 942849-0070; (916) 319-2070
Senator Janet Nguyen
1021 O Street, Suite 7130, Sacramento,
CA 95814-4900; (916) 651-4036
Ca State Assembly
CA State Senate
To whom it may concern.
Dear Assemblymember Ta, Tri.
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Requesting a meeting by phone with listed agencies to consider greater collaboration
partnership to share information, to strengthen the CA State investments early
prevention digital wellness as digital literacy . It has been on going researching social
media addiction combing the internet creating two websites the past five years. As the
Founder of P.R.D.D.C. RESEARCHER IN FINDING SOLUTION: DEDICATED TO OUR SCHOOLS AND
COUNTRY AND THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS.
BULLYING,EMPATHY,HOPE4UTAH.COM https://hopesquad.com/hope4utah/ , SAFE ROUTE TO
SCHOOL, Song for Charlie.org is a national family-run, nonprofit charity dedicated to
raising awareness about ‘fentapills’ https://www.songforcharlie.org/ YOUTUBE VIDEOS
FROM EXPERTS,ALL KIDS BIKE https://allkidsbike.org, t he All Kids Bike Learn-to-Ride
Kindergarten PE Program helps students develop physically and mentally, gives them
greater confidence, reduces stress, and Screenagersmovie.com
https://www.screenagersmovie.com/ , ScreenStrong gives you the reasons WHY and HOW
to remove access to toxic screens (video games, social media, pornography) from
developing brains. https://screenstrong.org/
MUCH WORK STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE THROUGH AWARENESS IN PRESCHOOL-K-12
STUDENTS,HOMES ALONG WITH INTERACTIONS WITH DOGS TO TEACH EMPATHY AND HUMANE
EDUCATION TO ANIMALS, AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY BY STATE MANDATES IN
SCHOOL WITH THERAPY DOGS,AND PAWS READING PROGRAMS.. TO MEET THE GROWING NEED
FOR MORE HUMAN INTERACTION CONNECTION WITH LESS SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION THAT
LESSEN SUICIDES.WE NEED MORE SCHOOL DOG CLUBS IM FINDING THEM IN DIFFERENT
SCHOOLS ON THE INTERNET .MAY BE CREATING A 4H PROGRAM OR DOG HUMAN SOCIETY
CLUBS PROGRAM WILL TEACH THEM EMPATHY. Savethekids.org
AS FOUNDER FROM THE VARY BEGINNING TO HELP CHILDREN THROUGH RESEARCHING TO
FIND A SOLUTION. LEGISLATION. HAS BEEN ONE TOOL WHICH I SEEK TO HELP WITH AN ISSUE
THAT LEADS TO BETTER RESULTS.!!
"President John F. Kennedy said technology ‘has no conscience of its own.
Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man.’ Yet swayed by
digital-age myths, we are providing our children with remarkably little guidance
on their use of technology.”
Quotations by John F. Kennedy, “Children are the world's most valuable resource
and its best hope for the future.
Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age – Unabridged Richard Freed
A practical guide to building your child’s bond with family and fostering school
success amid the allure of digital screens.
Kids’ obsessive use of video games, social media, and texting is eclipsing their
connections with family and school - the two most important contributors to their
well-being. The result: a generation of kids who suffer from soaring rates of
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emotional and academic problems, with many falling prey to an epidemic of video
game and Internet addictions.
In Wired Child, learn why a bevy of social media friends won’t keep teens from feeling
empty inside and turning to cutting for relief. See how our kids have become smartphone
experts who struggle in reading, math, and the other educational basics that colleges
consider in deciding admissions. Discover how many “child-friendly” technologies are
depriving kids of joy in the real world, putting them at risk for device addictions.
Wired Child gives you the confidence and skills you need to safely navigate your children
through a rapidly shifting media landscape. Dr. Freed offers concrete parenting
strategies that will help you create the strong family kids need and encourage their
school success. You’ll also learn how to protect kids from destructive tech addictions
and instead guide them to use technology productively as a positive force for their
future.
https://richardfreed.com/
Dr. Dunckley has found that everyday use of interactive screen devices — such as
computers, video games, smartphones, and tablets — can easily overstimulate a child’s
nervous system, triggering a variety of stubborn symptoms. In contrast, she’s discovered
that a strict electronic fast single-handedly improves mood, focus, sleep, and behavior,
regardless of the child’s diagnosis.
https://drdunckley.com/reset-your-childs-brain/
Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids - and How to Break the Trance
From addiction expert Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, a startling argument that technology has
profoundly affected the brains of children―and not for the better.
We’ve all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in
playgrounds and in friends' houses―and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge,
the illuminated glowing faces―the Glow Kids―are multiplying. But at what cost? Is this
just a harmless indulgence or fad like some sort of digital hula-hoop? Some say that
glowing screens might even be good for kids―a form of interactive educational tool.
Don’t believe it.
In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology―more specifically, age-
inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity―has profoundly affected the
brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating
glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain’s pleasure
center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with
disorders like ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, increased aggression, and even
psychosis. Most shocking of all, recent brain imaging studies conclusively show that
excessive screen exposure can neurologically damage a young person’s developing brain
in the same way that cocaine addiction can.
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Kardaras will dive into the sociological, psychological, cultural, and economic factors
involved in the global tech epidemic with one major goal: to explore the effect all of our
wonderful shiny new technology is having on kids. Glow Kids also includes an opt-out
letter and a "quiz" for parents in the back of the book.
Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids - and How to Break the Trance:
Kardaras, Nicholas: 9781250097996: Amazon.com: Books
GAMING, SOCIAL MEDIA AND MENTAL WELLNESS PRESENTED BY SINA SAFAHIE
MD is a double board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist. He graduated
with a medical degree from University of Texas
Medical Branch and completed an adult psychiatric residency and child & adolescent
fellowship at UC Irvine. Dr. Safahieh has a private practice in Newport Beach and has
staff privileges at Hoag Hospitals and CHOC. He is medical director of the ASPIRE
program at Newport and Irvine Hoag Hospitals, team psychiatrist for the Los Angeles
Chargers and a Major
These links represent a small portion from my socialemotionalpaws.com not included
socialemotionalpaws.org the need is creating an awareness through various forms as
like a car seat for infants, seat belts, cell phones, tobacco addiction ect. By asking
legislators to address the flaws from the research such as professional standards,
accountability, the flaws with public Records act, to having youth bring awareness under
CA State AB 24 year 2016.
League Baseball certified clinician.
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/gaming-social-media-and-mental-wellness-
presented-bysina-safahie
Garden Grove Police Department support for students dealing with
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/garden-grove-high-school-coach-arrested-
accused-of-soliciting-pr
Police to support students’ mental health in Garden Grove Unified
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/police-to-support-students%E2%80%99-
mental-health-in-garden-grove-unified
Paws4Students team hosted the first (ever) West Coast Support K9
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/paws4students-team-hosted-the-first-ever-
west-coast-support-k9
Growing need for dog therapy in schools, and police prevention
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/growing-need-for-dog-therapy-in-schools-
and-police-prevention
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Why Dogs Can Be So Healing for Kids
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/why-dogs-can-be-so-healing-for-kids
30 years indicates that therapy dogs may offer physiological, emo
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/30-years-indicates-that-therapy-dogs-may-
offer-physiological-emo
The Effect of Dog-Assisted Intervention on Student Well-Being, Mo
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/the-effect-of-dog-assisted-intervention-on-
student-well-being-mo
Canine Companionship and Human Mental Health.
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/canine-companionship-and-human-mental-
health
How Blue Light Is Impacting Your Child's Development, Health, & S
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/how-blue-light-is-impacting-your-childs-
development-health-s
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/blue-light-and-your-eyes-causes-myopia-
with-sleep-dipravation
Lenovo: Smarter technology for all eyes.
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/lenovo-smarter-technology-for-all-eyes
Resolution SCR-73 sponsored by Dr. Richard Pan, Chair of the California Senate
Committee on Health was introduced on August 21, 2019 for the purpose of bringing
public awareness to the growing body of evidence coming out from the medical
community regarding the impacts of extended exposure to artificial high-energy visible
(HEV) blue light emitted from consumer electronic devices. In addition to unanimous
passage by the California Senate, the Blue Light Awareness Resolution for October 10,
2019, was ratified by the California Assembly on a vote of 70-0.
https://eyesafe.com/scr73/
blue light summit 2021
https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+light+summit+2021&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1031US
1031&oq=BLUE+LIGHT+SUM&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j0i22i30l3j0i15i22i30l2j0i22i30l4.1805
8j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Computer screen time is damaging eyes — especially for children
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/computer-screen-time-is-damaging-eyes-
%E2%80%94-especially-for-children-3
GGUSD SCR 73 2019 BLUE LIGHT NO PROTECTION CAUSES PHSYICAL HARM
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https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/ggusd-scr-73-2019-blue-light-protection-
causes-phsyical-harm
IUSD and Hoag to Host Gaming, Social Media and Mental Wellness Pr
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/iusd-and-hoag-to-host-gaming-social-media-
and-mental-wellness-pr
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parents concerned about teens’ gaming and social media habits.
Panelists Sina Safahieh, Prerna Rao and Valeri Trezise from Hoag’s ASPIRE program
speak during the Hoag and CUSD Speaker Series: “Gaming, Social Media and Mental
Wellness” discussion at Capistrano High School on Sept. 11. The event is intended to
help teens and families navigate mental health issues as it pertains to gaming and social
media
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/parents-concerned-about-
teens%E2%80%99-gaming-and-social-media-habits
Al Muratsuchi's Assembly Bill (AB) 272, Banning Smartphones in Sc
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/al-muratsuchis-assembly-bill-ab-272-
banning-smartphones-in-sc
Parents who say their kids are addicted to 'Fortnite' slam Epic G
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/parents-who-say-their-kids-are-addicted-to-
fortnite-slam-epic-g
Ralph Nader Radio “Who’s Raising the Kids? Big Business by Susan
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/ralph-nader-radio-
%E2%80%9Cwho%E2%80%99s-raising-the-kids-big-business-by-susan
SCREENAGERS PODCAST Delaney Ruston, MD, a leading authority on pa
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/screenagers-podcast-delaney-ruston-md-a-
leading-authority-on-pa
Families Sue Meta, Alleging It Knew Its Apps Harm Teen Mental Health.
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/families-sue-meta-alleging-it-knew-its-apps-
harm-teen-mental-hea
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3 reasons why Seattle schools are suing Big Tech over a youth men
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/3-reasons-why-seattle-schools-are-suing-
big-tech-over-a-youth-men
Schools sue social media companies for targeting children.
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/schools-sue-social-media-companies-for-
targeting-children
Should TikTok be forced to pay for teen mental health services? T
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https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/should-tiktok-be-forced-to-pay-for-teen-
mental-health-services-t
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.317950/gov.uscourts.wawd.3
17950.1.0.pdf
World Health Organization Recommends Against Screen Time for Infa
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/world-health-organization-recommends-
against-screen-time-for-infa
Ecotherapy / Nature Therapy/green therapy
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/ecotherapy-nature-therapygreen-therapy
The WHO is recommending video games as an effective way to stop t
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/the-who-is-recommending-video-games-as-
an-effective-way-to-stop-t
Federal And State of California Definitions of Child Abuse Neglec
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/federal-and-state-of-california-definitions-
of-child-abuse-neglec
What to Know About Child Emotional Abuse
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/what-to-know-about-child-emotional-abuse-
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MRIs show screen time linked to lower brain development in presch
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/mris-show-screen-time-linked-to-lower-
brain-development-in-presch-3
Melinda Gates: I spent my career in technology. I wasn’t prepared
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/melinda-gates-i-spent-my-career-in-
technology-i-wasn%E2%80%99t-prepared-1
Screen time is rising, reading is falling, and it’s not young peo
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/screen-time-is-rising-reading-is-falling-and-
it%E2%80%99s-not-young-peo
Press Release will Esports recognized as Child Abuse brain injury
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/press-release-will-esports-recognized-as-
child-abuse-brain-injury
Teens who spend less time in front of screens are happier — up to
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/teens-who-spend-less-time-in-front-of-
screens-are-happier-%E2%80%94-up-to-1
WHO Guidelines: Children and Screen Time
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https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/who-guidelines-children-and-screen-time
World health officials take a hardline on-screen time for kids.
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/world-health-officials-take-a-hard-line-on-
screen-time-for-kids-1
62% Of Young Gamers Experience Abuse Online, According To Study
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/62%25-of-young-gamers-experience-abuse-
online-according-to-study
‘Reuben never misses.’ Prep esports teams like Quartz Hill are pr
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/%E2%80%98reuben-never-
misses%E2%80%99-prep-esports-teams-like-quartz-hill-are-pr
How Gambling Disorder Is Defined in the DSM-5
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/how-gambling-disorder-is-defined-in-the-
dsm-5
Open letter E-Sports Harms Childs Brain Gray Matter to Addiction.
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/open-letter-e-sports-harms-childs-brain-
gray-matter-to-addiction
American children have quietly become hooked on video game supple
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/american-children-have-quietly-become-
hooked-on-video-game-supple
U.S. SURGEN GENERAL SPEAKS AFTER COVID ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH SCHOOL
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/us-surgen-general-speaks-after-covid-
about-mental-health-school
https://hopesquad.com/hope-squad-featured-in-abc-news-special/
"I am terrified of the effects technology addiction and saturation
The challenge of protecting children online resonated personally with Newsom's wife,
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and Wicks, who are both mothers of young children.
"I am terrified of the effects technology addiction and saturation are having on our
children and their mental health," Siebel Newsom said in supporting the bill, though she
acknowledged that "social media and the internet are integral to the way we as a global
community connect and
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/i-am-terrified-of-the-effects-technology-
addiction-and-saturatio
When Kids Are Home From School, Pornography Searches Increase4700
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https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/when-kids-are-home-from-school-
pornography-searches-increase4700
Teen suicides have spiked, particularly in Orange County, but new
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/teen-suicides-have-spiked-particularly-in-
orange-county-but-new
Internet a ‘Lord of the Flies’: Teen suicide rise started after Instagram, Snapchat began
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/03/21/teen-suicide-can-be-reduced-if-parents-educators-
change-social-media-culture/
New pressures for perfection contribute to rise in teen suicide
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/03/16/new-pressures-for-perfection-contribute-to-rise-in-
teen-suicide/
The 14th annual National Day of Unplugging 2023 is March 3-4
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/the-14th-annual-national-day-of-unplugging-
2023-is-march-3-4
Well-Being and Civic Engagement better mental health, reduced de
https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/well-being-and-civic-engagement-better-
mental-health-reduced-de
AB-24 Instructional programs: State Seal of Civic Engagement.(2017-2018)
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB24
I hope to see greater collaboration, as of now the silos are high at all CA State levels of
government, to address epidemic of our youth who are being overwhelmed with
addictions, blue light from medical reports. Washington State school suing the
developers of social media tobacco addiction that will be heard at the highest court the
U.S. Supreme Court in February 2023. Request consideration all levels local, county, CA
State agency to collaboration and be very willing to offer what I’ve have learned now
going on six years, request by phone unable to attend meetings at 714-321-8238.
Thank You
Craig A Durfey
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