Helping kids Connect with themselves and others through Media
Our Mission
Connect With MEdia is a psychologist-founded and led organization that aims to use children’s media to help support and strengthen children’s social-emotional development and well-being, including using media as a resource and tool to help:
foster self-awareness, self-exploration, and reflection,
nurture emotional well-being, a healthy sense of self, and self-compassion,
deepen awareness, understanding, and empathy for others,
build knowledge of social-emotional concepts and skills,
normalize a wide range of emotional experiences,
spark conversations about emotions, coping, and mental health,
and support meaningful connections.
OUR MEDIA
ORIGINAL CONTENT
Connect With MEdia creates original, psychologist-developed media for children. Our engaging media, along with companion resources, can help caregivers, family members, educators, and other child-serving professionals build meaningful connections, facilitate self-awareness and self-exploration, talk about mental health and wellness related topics, and support children's learning and development of skills to navigate their inner and outer world.
COMPANION RESOURCES
Connect With MEdia also develops companion resources for original content to provide the opportunity for children to connect with the content, with themselves, and with others. These interactive companion resources can help spark conversations, build meaningful connections, and support youth mental health and well-being through interactive activities, discussion questions, opportunities for reflection and conversation, and skill-building. Companion resources can be easily adapted as needed.
Our SERVICES
AUTHOR VISITS & PROGRAMMING
Connect With MEdia's author Dr. Natalie Nordlund is available to provide author visits and programming, including interactive storytimes and presentations as well as workshops with caregivers, educators, and other child-serving professionals on using media for cultivating connection and children’s social-emotional well-being and growth.
CHILDREN'S MEDIA CONSULTING
Connect With MEdia is available to collaborate with you on children’s media content and products, bringing in expertise-specific guidance and consultation in social and emotional learning, youth mental health and wellness, child psychology and development, and expanding on media with additional companion resources for youth, caregivers, educators, and other child-serving professionals to help cultivate connection and children’s social-emotional development.
