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Table 2.

Overview of the DHSMP Outpatient Intervention – Caregiver Group

Session	Goals	Activities
1: Social Media Apps and Context	1. Increase caregivers’ awareness and understanding of the social media apps that adolescents are using 2. Increase caregivers’ understanding of how the context of social media use impacts adolescent’s functioning 3. Increase caregivers’ awareness of resources available to review and manage social media apps	1. Discuss popular social media apps and their uses 2. Discuss different contexts in which adolescents use social media and how it may affect their functioning 3. Review online resources that caregivers may use to gather more information about social media apps
2: Social Media Content and Motivations	1. Facilitate caregiver’s identification of motivations for and consequences of creating social media content 2. Increase caregiver’s understanding of negative and positive social media content and how it affects adolescents	1. Discuss adolescent’s motivations for and consequences of oversharing or creating harmful social media content 2. Discuss how consuming social media content can have negative or positive effects on adolescents
3: Caregiver Mediation Techniques	1. Increase caregiver’s knowledge regarding methods to monitor social media use 2. Increase caregiver’ ability to keep their adolescents’ social media accounts secure 3. Facilitate caregivers’ management of adolescent’s social media problems	1. Discuss how caregivers can restrict and monitor their adolescent’s access to social media 2. Identify resources that caregivers can use to manage their adolescents’ social media use 3. Review resources that can assist caregivers in solving social media problems
4: Modeling Healthy Social Media Use	1. Raise awareness of how caregiver media use influences adolescent media use 2. Help caregivers identify their barriers to modeling appropriate media use 3. Facilitate caregivers’ problem-solving skills for social media problems	1. Discuss how caregivers can model appropriate media use for their adolescents and barriers to identify barriers to improving their own media use 2. Provide education about the iSOLVE model and lead caregivers in using the framework to solve example problems
5: Addressing Problems with Media	1. Increase caregivers’ knowledge of and comfort with discussing cyberbullying and sexting 2. Facilitate communication between caregiver and adolescent about social media use and problem-solving	1. Provide recommendations for how caregivers can discuss sexting and cyberbullying with their adolescents 2. Discuss strategies for promoting resilience and open communication 3. Lead adolescents and caregivers in practicing use of the iSOLVE model together
6: Personalized Household Media Use Plan	1. Facilitate caregivers’ reflection on household media practices and identification of those that can be improved 2. Enhance caregiver’s ability to identify goals for their household’s social media practices 3. Increase parent and adolescent collaboration to work towards media use goals	1. Lead caregivers in discussing their household’s social media practices 2. Instruct caregivers in creating a personalized household social media plan 3. Lead a discussion between caregivers and adolescents about improving social media practices

Session

Goals

Activities

1: Social Media Apps and Context

1. Increase caregivers’ awareness and understanding of the social media apps that adolescents are using

2. Increase caregivers’ understanding of how the context of social media use impacts adolescent’s functioning

3. Increase caregivers’ awareness of resources available to review and manage social media apps

1. Discuss popular social media apps and their uses

2. Discuss different contexts in which adolescents use social media and how it may affect their functioning

3. Review online resources that caregivers may use to gather more information about social media apps

2: Social Media Content and Motivations

1. Facilitate caregiver’s identification of motivations for and consequences of creating social media content

2. Increase caregiver’s understanding of negative and positive social media content and how it affects adolescents

1. Discuss adolescent’s motivations for and consequences of oversharing or creating harmful social media content

2. Discuss how consuming social media content can have negative or positive effects on adolescents

3: Caregiver Mediation Techniques

1. Increase caregiver’s knowledge regarding methods to monitor social media use

2. Increase caregiver’ ability to keep their adolescents’ social media accounts secure

3. Facilitate caregivers’ management of adolescent’s social media problems

1. Discuss how caregivers can restrict and monitor their adolescent’s access to social media

2. Identify resources that caregivers can use to manage their adolescents’ social media use

3. Review resources that can assist caregivers in solving social media problems

4: Modeling Healthy Social Media Use

1. Raise awareness of how caregiver media use influences adolescent media use

2. Help caregivers identify their barriers to modeling appropriate media use

3. Facilitate caregivers’ problem-solving skills for social media problems

1. Discuss how caregivers can model appropriate media use for their adolescents and barriers to identify barriers to improving their own media use

2. Provide education about the iSOLVE model and lead caregivers in using the framework to solve example problems

5: Addressing Problems with Media

1. Increase caregivers’ knowledge of and comfort with discussing cyberbullying and sexting

2. Facilitate communication between caregiver and adolescent about social media use and problem-solving

1. Provide recommendations for how caregivers can discuss sexting and cyberbullying with their adolescents

2. Discuss strategies for promoting resilience and open communication

3. Lead adolescents and caregivers in practicing use of the iSOLVE model together

6: Personalized Household Media Use Plan

1. Facilitate caregivers’ reflection on household media practices and identification of those that can be improved

2. Enhance caregiver’s ability to identify goals for their household’s social media practices

3. Increase parent and adolescent collaboration to work towards media use goals

1. Lead caregivers in discussing their household’s social media practices

2. Instruct caregivers in creating a personalized household social media plan

3. Lead a discussion between caregivers and adolescents about improving social media practices