GSCA Webinar - Improving Youth Mindsets and Behaviors with ASCA-Aligned Social Media & AI Literacy

Device use is a challenge across generations, yet most children grow up without guardrails or formal education. Today’s students are digital natives, with experiences shaped more by algorithms than by choice. Unrestricted access from a young age has left many distracted, dysregulated, disengaged, and dependent on tech. Counselors support student mindsets and behaviors, a task made harder as devices, social media, and AI impact emotional regulation, focus, and relationships. This session explores why teaching healthy digital habits and critical thinking is overdue and offers strategies to address root causes. Every part of the ASCA student standards is affected by how students use technology. Counselors will leave with tools that center student voice and choice to create lasting change in students’ lives and school culture.

Jane Kim is the founder of KindEd, a K–12 social media literacy and mental health analytics program to support students in building healthy digital habits and critical thinking skills. A former Chicago Public Schools teacher and Obama Foundation Scholar, Jane developed KindEd while earning her Master’s in Public Policy with honors at the University of Chicago. Her work has been recognized through the Halcyon EquityTech Fellowship, Vital Voices Fellow, Tarsson Social Venture Fellow, USC EdTech Fellow, and UNESCO Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Grantee. She is a speaker for the Council of Europe’s World Forum for Democracy 2025 initiative on Social Media Literacy. With nearly a decade in education, she leads efforts to create scalable, student-centered solutions for digital wellness and social media and AI literacy in schools and communities.