While we missed seeing supporters and enthusiasts at PAX East this year, it was an honor to be able to attend and present a full day workshop at the American Occupational Therapy Association conference in Orlando, Florida! I had the awesome opportunity to present alongside Virginia Spielmann, who was instrumental in developing Critical Core and […]
Founder Adam Davis will be presenting with Virginia Spielmann at INSIPRE, the annual conference and expo for occupational therapists, in Orlando, Florida! The six-hour training will be Wednesday, March 20th. Details below! Description You do not need to teach a social skills curriculum! Instead, learn how to harness the power of therapeutically applied table-top role-playing […]
As we announced at the end of 2023, Game to Grow has been undergoing an intentional pause in much of our programming. This invaluable time has provided us an opportunity to deeply reflect on our vision, opportunities for change, and the best way to maximize our impact. Our mission has always been to help people […]
One thing we know from so many of our favorite games is the importance of time to regroup, assess, and plan for the journey ahead. In that spirit, Game to Grow will be pausing our groups and training programs as they currently exist, with a strong intention to restart Game to Grow programs in a […]
In a previous post, we shared that Game to Grow’s founders and a handful of our players were featured in a documentary on TIME.com! We’re happy to now be able to announce that the entire documentary is now on YouTube as well! It’s embedded below, so you can watch right from here! If you were […]
Back in 2019, when Game to Grow was a much smaller organization and before we had our current global reach, we were approached by Insignis Pictures about a documentary they were producing looking at the importance of tabletop role-playing games. They wanted to feature our therapeutic use of tabletop role-playing games. They sent a film […]
We did not make the cross-country trip from our home base in Seattle to PAX East in Boston this year, and we heard that some of you were looking for us and were worried about us! We appreciate your concern! You may have been worried that Game to Grow not making the trek was a […]
Meet Game to Grow’s newest Group Facilitator! Hillary Clayton, MS Ed, earned her Master’s Degree in Education from Johns Hopkins and has been working with youth professionally for ten years as a classroom teacher, tutor, and after school program coordinator. She runs the gaming club at her school and has been a lifelong fan of video […]
Are you passionate about gaming? Do you believe in Game to Grow’s mission to use games for therapeutic, educational, and community growth? Have you been wanting to get more involved in the therapeutic gaming community? If you answered “yes” to all of the above, Game to Grow wants you! We’re looking for general volunteers and/or […]
Times are changing here at Game to Grow. 2020 and 2021 were strange years. For many of us, they were opportunities for reflection and prioritization as the world became a very different place than it had been in 2019. Game to Grow transitioned its in-person game-based social groups to virtual, and we expanded […]