The May/June 2023 issue of Seattle’s Child Magazine has an article about Game to Grow! The article covers Game to Grow and foundry10’s recently published whitepaper and research collaboration. Click the image below to read: “What helps put a child back on the friend-making, social skill-building track? Seattle-based nonprofit Game to Grow has one […]
Six years ago, Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble of Dragon Talk: An Official Dungeons & Dragons Podcast, spoke with Adam Davis and Adam Johns about Wheelhouse Workshop. (You may have also seen a full chapter about Wheelhouse Workshop, the precursor to Game to Grow, in Tito and Mazzanoble’s podcast-turned-book, Welcome to Dragon Talk.) Now, Adam […]
Yesterday’s 5-o’clock news featured a story about Game to Grow’s research partnership with foundry10! It was a great segment covering how Game to Grow collaborated with foundry10 to study the impact of our work using tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons to help build player’s SEL skills. We used storylines from our Critical Core […]
Adam Davis, Game to Grow’s Executive Director, joined a Virtual Panel Stream with the Committee for Advancement of Role-Playing Games. Adam shares his own story and journey into gaming and talks about Game to Grow’s programs and the benefits of therapeutically-applied role-play gaming for all ages. Watch CAR-PGA Virtual Panel (December 2022): Therapeutic Applications of […]
We’re wired up! Game to Grow was recently featured in the article “How Therapists Are Using Tabletop Games to Help People”! Wired interviewed Adam Davis about the use of tabletop roleplay games in a therapeutic space: “A lot of therapists and educators speak the languages of gamers and therapists, or the language of educators, but […]
Check us out! LX News interviewed Adam Davis about the impact of Dungeons & Dragons on mental health: For Some D&D Players, Tabletop Roleplaying Is More Than Dice and Magic – It’s a ‘Sanity Saving’ Mental Health Boost Alongside some well-known D&D names, Adam shares what he’s observed. “At the end of the day, the […]
Listen in as Game to Grow’s Director of Counseling Services, Dr. Jared Kilmer, joins Dr. Courtney McDonnell and host Carrie Schmitt to on “Making Sense: Sensory Health Podcast Series from STAR Institute.” They discuss ways in which the psychological assessment process can be neurodiversity affirming.
I recently had the opportunity to appear with Laurie Hardie on several local Seattle radio stations! What a fun treat to be on Movin92.5, a radio station I used to listen to on my commutes to my old teaching job years ago, and now I could be interviewed and talk about Game to Grow’s therapeutic […]
Adam Davis was recently featured on the podcast The Next Session, hosted by Adam and Allysa Johns. They answer community questions and give advice to support your next tabletop role-playing game. They talk playing D&D in the 90s, struggle with celebrity names, and provide great insights on running your next TTRPG. The group gives advice […]
I received a last-minute invite to join Filip Francke, CEO of Ravensburger North America and Claire Donaldson, a freelance illustrator, on Bill Radke’s show The Record on KUOW, Seattle’s local NPR station. We discussed board games, their recent rise in importance in society (especially in Seattle), and how Game to Grow uses them in therapeutic […]