Escape Key

Upcoming Presentation Schedule

Presentations are listed in reverse chronological order.

Note: This page has frequent updates.
Please contact cliffordsussmanmd@gmail.com if a presentation you attended or plan to attend isn't listed.

2021-2025 Presentations

DatePresentationLink   
5/14/2025ADHD and Screen Use Disorders-CHADD NOVA/DC ChapterCHADD NOVA/DC
3/14/2025Thinking Outside The Roblox-Pyle Middle schoolPyle Middle School
1/8/2025Stop the Aggression Speaker Series-Parenting Boys Peacefullyparentingboyspeacefully.com/
12/6/2024Clinician CME Training on Screen Use Disorder Treatment-Chesapeake Center www.thechesapeakecenter.com
11/15/2024Thinking Outside the Roblox-North Bethesda Middle SchoolNBMS
Wed, Nov 13, 2024Dopamine Teens: A Parent's Guide to Healthy Use of Digital Technology in ADHD/LD-The Lab SchoolThe Lab School
10/9/2024Ask The Experts Webinar-ADHD and Screens-Children and ScreensChildren and Screens
5/23/2024Psychiatry Grand Rounds-GWU Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health
GWU Dept of Psychiatry
5/20/2024LIVE MASTERCLASS
Leave Me Alone! Brain-Based Strategies To Stop Tech-Induced Aggression-Parenting Boys Peacefully
parentingboyspeacefully.com/
Wednesday, May 8, 2024Dopamine Teens: A Parent's Guide to Healthy Use of Digital Technology in ADHD/LD-The Lab SchoolThe Lab School
2/7/2024Dopamine Teens-Charles E. Smith Jewish Day SchoolCharles E Smith Jewish Day School
2/1/2024Gaming Disorder and Sensory Perception Disorders and ADHD-Evergreen Council on Problem GamblingMassachusetts Council on Gaming and Health
1/12/2024TSS Speaker Series: Dopamine Teens-The Sycamore SchoolSycamore School
Saturday October 28th, 2023AACAP Annual Meeting (NYC Oct 23-28) Clinical Perspectives: Approaches to working with families around problematic media useAmerican Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting 2023
Friday, September 29, 2023Ross Center Live Training for Professionals in Treatment of Screen Use DisordersRoss Center
Thursday September 24th, 2023Webinar- Opening the Door to Learning for Students with ADHD: Managing Your Child's Excessive Screen Time and GamingEducational Connections Tutoring
Thursday August 31, 2023Children and Screens Webinar-Screen Extremes: Children and Digital AddictionsChildren and Screens
Saturday May 6, 2023WPS Presidential Symposium Keynote Speech: Impacts of Social Media on our Youth-Washington Psychiatric SocietyWashington Psychiatric Society
Thursday March 16th, 2023Webinar: Parent Social on Screen Use Disorders for Maryland Coalition of Familiesmdcoalition.org
Wednesday February 22, 2023Focus Forward Podcast:
Ep 20: Screen Time Sanity: Finding Balance in a Digital World (ft. Dr. Clifford Sussman)
Beyond Booksmart Podcasts
Thursday February 9th, 2023Webinar: Dopamine Teens-Talk to parents at the World Bank
Tuesday Dec 6th, 2022Streaming Webinar: If You're App-Y and You Know it: Parenting Healthy Screen Use in School Aged Children, Vernon Area Public Library, IL
Monday Nov 7th, 2022Screenagers Expert Discussant, Messiah United Methodist Church, Springfield, VASCREENAGERS
Friday, October 21, 2022AACAP Annual Meeting Clinical Perspectives: Digital Behavioral Addictions, Discussant,
Toronto, Canada
aacap.org
Wednesday Oct 19th, 2022AACAP Annual Meeting Q&A Institute: How Social Media Impacts Mental Health, Toronto, Canadaaacap.org
9/20/2023Seminar: Treatment of Screen Use Disorders-Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress
Mon, Sept 12, 2022Webinar: De-vice-ing Devices: Assessment and Treatment of Digital Use Disorder for Professionalsthebougainvillahouse.com
Tuesday, Aug 4th, 2022 (Date recorded, still available for self-paced learning)Foundations In Gaming Seminar- Psychotherapy and Case Formulation for Technology Addiction, and Patient InterviewsMassachusetts Council on Gaming and Health
Thursday, June 21st, 2022Interview for Carrots&Cake on Healthy Screen UseCarrots&Cake
Thursday May 26,
2022
Podcast for Archway Academy, Houston, TXarchwayacademy.org
Thursday May 12, 2022Adolescent Clinical Excellence(ACE) Conference, Nashville Tennessee: LIVE, IN PERSON Presentation: Assessment and Treatment of Adolescent Digital Use Disorders 2022 ACE Conference
Sunday May 1, 2022Webinar Panel Discussion: Social Media and our Youth, A Mental Health ForumBecca Schmill Foundation
Wednesday, Mar 9, 2022Attention Talk Radio Podcast: Digital Addiction 101www.blogtalkradio.com/attentiontalkradio (currently still available on demand)
Tuesday, March 1st, 2022Operation Parent Webinar: MANAGING YOUR CHILD’S EXCESSIVE SCREEN TIME AND GAMING DURING COVID-19OperationParent.org
Thursday January 6th, 2022Walter Reed Medical Center Fellowship Lunch and Learn
Wednesday, January 5,2022Webinar: Screen Time and Mental Health in Youth The Ross Center (www.rosscenter.com)
Wed Oct 27, 2021AACAP Annual Meeting Clinical Perspectives Webinar: "My Kid’s Always Online, But What Can I Do About It?" Helping Families Manage Mediaaacap.org
Tuesday, October 5th, 2021Foundations in Gaming Disorder: Case FormulationMassachusetts Council on Gaming and Health
Wednesday, September 22, 2021Foundations in Gaming Disorder: Counseling Skills for Gaming Disorder part 1Massachusetts Council on Gaming and Health
Wednesday, September 1, 2021Webinar: Escape from Escape: Introduction to Assessment and Treatment of Digital Use DisordersFitness for Health
Tuesday, August 17th, 2021GAO Presentation: Healthy Screen Use in AdultsUS Government Accountability Office
Tuesday, August 3. 2021GAO Presentation: Parenting Healthy Screen Use US Government Accountability Office
Friday, July 30, 2021ECPG Live! Gaming Culture 101Evergreen Council on Problem Gaming
Thursday, July 8th, 2021Strengthening Families Online Summit: Curbing children's and teens' tech addiction Strengthening Families Summit
Tuesday, June 30, 2021Webinar: Screen Addiction is Going Viral:
Digital Use Disorders and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cnter For Living/Caron
Friday, May 28th, 2021Adolescent Clinical Excellence Conference: Escape from Escape: Assessment and Treatment of Digital Use DisordersACE Conference
Wednesday, May 26th, 2021Rockville Mental Health Professionals Group:
Escape from Escape: Assessment and Treatment of Digital Use Disorders for Professionals
Monday, May 24th, 2021Children And Screens Mental Health Retreat: Problematic Digital Media Use/Addiction – TreatmentChildren and Screens
Friday, May 14th, 2021Skyland Trail/Institute for Continuing Education: Escape from Escape: Assessment and Treatment of DIgital Use Disorders for ProfessionalsSkyland Trail
Thursday May 13, 2021Landon School: The Escape Key: Healthy Screen Use in a LockdownLandon School
Friday April 30, 2021 11:30 AMFusion Academy Virtual Lunch and Learn: Escape from Escape:
Parenting Healthy Screen Use in the Pandemic
Fusion Academy
Tuesday, April 27, 2021Wake Kendall Lunch and Learn on Digital Use Disorders for ProfessionalsWake Kendall
Wed April 21, 7pm ESTSchool Presentation for Parents: "Why Don't My Kids Get Addicted to Homework?": A Parent's Guide to Healthy Screen Use in a PandemicGood Counsel High School
Saturday April 17, 2021FCPS Special Education Conference: "Kids love screen time...what could possibly go wrong?" - Hybrid Schooling and Technology Use with Clifford Sussman MD and author Julie MinerFairfax County Public Schools Special Education Conference
Thursday, April 15, 2021Wootton High School-Screenagers 2 Panel Discussion (Expert Panelist)MCCPTA
Saturday, March 27th, 2021, 11 am ESTVirtual Presentation for Social Workers: The Escape Key: Assessment and Treatment of Digital Use DisorderNASWVA.org
Friday March 26th, 2021, 1:30 PM ESTVirtual Presentation for Social Workers: Field of Memes: A Guide to Healthy Screen UseNASWVA.org
Wed, March 24th, 7:30 AMBG-NOS Virtual Breakfast Meeting: "Changing the Game: A Contemporary Approach to Outpatient Treatment of Internet and Video Game Addiction"
Tuesday, March 9, 2021MOTIVATING KIDS &
BALANCING TECH
How to Help Kids Tame Screen Time and Find Motivation for School
Michael Delman, MEd & Clifford Sussman, MD
Bright and Quirky Child Summit
Tuesday Feb 16th-Thursday Feb 18th, 2021Foundations In Gaming Seminar- Psychotherapy and Case Formulation for Technology Addiction
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021Parent Webinar on Technology Addiction sponsored by Sycamore SchoolSycamore School
Wed, February 3rd, 2021Walter Reed Medical Center Fellowship Lunch and LearnWalter Reed Child and adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Monday, January 25th, 2021Skyland Trail Professional Advisory Board TrainingSkyland Trail Residential Treatment Center
Tuesday Feb 2nd, 2021COOPER PTO Presentation: ONLINE SCHOOLING:
“MY KIDS LOVE SCREEN TIME...
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?”

A PARENT’S GUIDE TO HEALTHY
SCREEN USE DURING A PANDEMIC
Cooper Middle School
Sunday January 17, 2021Screenagers Podcast: Brain Biology and Preventing Excessive Video GamingSCREENAGERS Podcasts
Wednesday Jan 13th, 2021Streaming Interview for Bright and Quirky Child SummitBrightandQuirky.com

"I encourage all parents and professionals to watch Dr. Cliff Sussman's webinar on managing screen time during the pandemic and beyond. This is the single best presentation I've seen on this important topic; science-based, clearly presented, full of very practical advice. Thanks to Dr. Cliff for sharing your expertise and wisdom. "

Dan Shapiro, MD
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician