I sat down with Steph at TTRPG Kids to talk about the history of Game to Grow, how and why we build Critical Core, the beginners box for TA-RPG, and gave some input on best practices for playing RPGs with kids. It was a great chat, so head over to the TTRPGKids website to check […]
I had a great conversation with Roberto and Kait over at Shear Boardom about my hair. And other things! As a hairstylist (Shear Boardom!) Roberto made sure to discuss my hair and the previous hairstyles of my youth, but after that we talked about Game to Grow and our use of games like Dungeons and […]
Back in October, I had the opportunity to chat with Adrian Petterson, a PhD student at the University of Toronto studying inclusive design in gaming and host of the Inclusive Gaming 102 Podcast about Game to Grow’s therapeutic use of games like Dungeons and Dragons, a little bit of our nonprofit history, and my personal […]
Game to Grow’s Groups Coordinator Michael More was interviewed in a spotlight on Game to Grow in Seattle Gay News! Michael spoke about Game to Grow’s focus on inclusion, some of the new groups we’ve expanded focusing on supporting queer youth, and how his personal journey has informed his passions to serve inclusive communities. Check […]
Game to Grow has been using games like Dungeons and Dragons and Minecraft to help individuals build social confidence, form friendships, and find meaningful community for years. Our flagship social groups have expanded virtually in the past few years to reach individuals around the world, and a recent grant from Child’s Play Charity allowed us […]
We did it! We’ve been on an epic journey over the last month and a half and the Game to Grow community came together and helped us not only meet our original $10,000 end-of-year goal, but also raise an additional $17,241 towards our stretch goal! All of this supports more groups, more scholarships, and […]
While Game to Grow’s game-based groups are sometimes called “social skills groups,” the purpose isn’t actually to teach social skills. Why? Because we’re aiming for something much more important. Often, social skills “training” programs focus on deficits, viewing neurodivergent participants as needing to be fixed, adjusted, or helped to fit into the world of […]
In March of 2021, Game to Grow applied for a grant from Child’s Play Charity to expand our therapeutic role-playing game services to serve foster youth. I’m thrilled to announce that we have received the grant and have begun providing much-needed services to foster youth across Washington! Read more below and learn how you can […]
New podcast! I was on the ABSKids Autism Weekly podcast on an episode is titled “Using Games Therapeutically to Build Skills.” In it I described how Game to Grow’s therapeutic use of tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons differs from many “skills training programs” in that our groups don’t teach discrete skills from a […]
The Critical Core team, Virginia Spielmann, Adam Johns, and myself (Adam Davis) were featured on the Affect Autism podcast and blog in a feature about our “Beginner’s Box” for therapeutic role-playing games. It’s a fantastic article with links to a ton of useful resources about the foundations of both Critical Core and the Game to […]