I had the opportunity to join Kathleen Mercury again on her podcast Inverse Genius: Games in Schools and Libraries to talk about Game to Grow’s work using tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons in therapeutic social skills groups, and also announce the fantastic expansion of our training program! Listen on the podcast website, itunes, […]
One of our favorite things to do is connect in person with fellow gamers, educators, and mental health professionals at conventions and conferences throughout the year. This year, we’re learning to connect in new ways, and have discovered several benefits that come from connecting with others from one’s couch. These include, but are not limited […]
We’ve received so many great questions about best practices for taking therapeutic TTRPGs online, we’re creating a Therapeutic GM Q+A specifically focused on the topic! In this Q+A you will have the opportunity to ask seasoned therapeutic GMs Adam Davis, MA Ed, and Michael More, MSc questions about running therapeutic TTRPGs online and receive in-depth […]
We’ve been looking forward to this day for many years… We’re going global! Our waiting list has continued to expand, and we’re seeing more and more people far outside of Seattle requesting services. While we can’t be physically present in every community (yet!), we can now extend our reach globally thanks to the power of […]
For years, Game to Grow has offered therapeutic social groups for youth using games. Our Dungeons and Dragons program has been recognized worldwide, and our expansions to include Minecraft and Magic: The Gathering have taken off. Now we are excited to announce the next expansion of our services to include individual counseling! Learn more about […]
I’m excited to be returning to California this week to be a featured panelist at GameSchoolCon! GameSchoolCon is a local con in Irvine, California dedicated to the concept of “Gameschooling,” a practice very close to Game to Grow’s mission: We can learn more when we’re fully engaged, and we can be more fully engaged when […]
PAX South was a great success! Thank you to everyone who made it out who came by to say hello at our table, stopped us if you saw us around the convention, or attended one of the three panels on which Game to Grow staff were featured! Many people came to our table in PAX’s […]
We were invited to speak at the Renton History Museum about our work using role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons in our social skills groups. Renton History Museum is opening an exhibit today called “Hero’s Feast: Finding Community through Dungeons and Dragons.” As part of the installation, we’ll be giving a 1 hour presentation on […]
A recent Washington Post article, How Dungeons and Dragons Somehow Became More Popular than Ever, explores the sudden resurgence of Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games in popular culture. Adam Johns and I have been using role-playing games for eight years to help kids build social skills, and have seen so much change in that […]
We’ll be in Boston at PAX East from March 28 to April 1st! We’ll have table space again thanks to our friends at Table Titans, so please come visit us at table 12090! Come talk about our mission, learn about our groups in the Seattle area that use role-playing games to help kids and teens […]