10th Annual Wellness Together Conference

In response to rising concerns about teen anxiety, distraction, and digital overload, the LBHS counseling team designed a data-informed Social Media Silence Challenge: a voluntary, five-day social media detox paired with structured reflection and pre/post data collection.

In this interactive session, participants will review data from the Social Media Silence at LBHS and how it impacted students’ attention, mood, sleep, compulsive checking behaviors, and awareness of their habits. Attendees will engage in a mini “digital habit audit,” self-reflect on what they are seeing on their campuses related to social media use, and collaborate in small groups to design an implementation plan for their individual school sites.

Participants will leave with ready-to-use tools, including survey templates, pre/post assessments, reflection journal prompts, communication scripts, and a launch guide to implement a Social Media Silence Week immediately. This session demonstrates how schools can facilitate critical dialogue across districts and communities regarding social media’s interconnected influence on student awareness and well-being.