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Does Easy Do It? Children, Games, and Learning
by Victoria Jesswein — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:28 AM

Does Easy Do It? Children, Games, and Learning By Seymour Papert From the June 1998 issue of Game Developer magazine, "Soapbox" section, page 88. Also included is a letter in response to Papert's article and Papert's response to that letter, both of which appeared in the September 1998 issue of the magazine. Reprinted with permission.

Does RPG reading complexity impact participant development of intrinsic reading motivation, speed of development, and total reading advancement?
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:26 AM

RPGs are well known to spark interest in reading, and may promote overall reading advancement. That being said, how much does the reading comprehension required for RPGs impact this overall advancement? Using "Adult" RPG Systems with youth, rather than "bringing down" a system to "their level". This is one anecdotal example that I can share, since it is my own kids, but I have seen repeated many times in practice with others, over the years. But have not (yet) run a controlled study to validate or negate these observations. Your thoughts and experiences?

Drop in and RPG Community Programs
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Sep 20, 2022 12:09 PM

We offer free accessible, inclusive, role-playing game (and sometimes cooperative music) programs, free and open to the public ages 5 to 105+.

Early theory thoughts - Overview Early theory thoughts - Overview
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:28 AM

Just the general overview theory I have about participation in RPGs. These ideas will be tested as I work out more detailed hypotheses to test these concepts for validity...

Enhanced Video - RPG as Therapy Presentation - Seattle Childrens Hospital WSTRA Con 16 Enhanced Video - RPG as Therapy Presentation - Seattle Childrens Hospital WSTRA Con 16
by RPG Research Admin — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:26 AM

Here is the improved and enhanced audio/video of the presentation "The Therapeutic and Educational Uses of Role-Playing Games (RPG) as Intervention Modalities for Individuals and Groups from the Therapeutic Recreation Perspective" at Seattle Children's Hospital for the Washington State Therapeutic Recreation Association (WSTRA) 16th annual conference. The live version of this presentation was certified for Continuing Education Units (CEU's) by the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA). This the sound fixed, and includes the slideshow added to the video to be easier to read. Closed captions coming soon too.

Example Dialog regarding RPG Therapy on TheRpgSite.com Example Dialog regarding RPG Therapy on TheRpgSite.com
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:26 AM

There is an interesting thread regarding the Bodhana group and the use of role-playing games for therapy. I recently stumbled across it and have been enjoying the dialog. I thought I would share a snippet that might be helpful others to understand an example of how the use of RPG for therapy would be applied...

First Prototype for the PAVE Group of Tabletop RPG as a Modality for Therapeutic / Educational Intervention
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:26 AM

This is an early prototype version. There are newer, more complete and updated, versions created since this article was posted years ago. This is useful for various populations and professionals from other disciplines wishing to teach participants how to find and use civic resources (police, fire department, doctor, hospital, theater, etc.). This program is based on work at Eastern Washington University with oversight by Professor Emily Messina and others. It has been repeated with similar success when used other groups in private practice through non-profit RPG Research and the for-profit RPG Therapeutics LLC since.

First Prototype for the PAVE Group of Tabletop RPG as a Modality for Therapeutic / Educational Intervention
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:26 AM

This is an early prototype version. There are newer, more complete and updated, versions created since this article was posted years ago. This is useful for various populations and professionals from other disciplines wishing to teach participants how to find and use civic resources (police, fire department, doctor, hospital, theater, etc.). This program is based on work at Eastern Washington University with oversight by Professor Emily Messina and others. It has been repeated with similar success when used other groups in private practice through non-profit RPG Research and the for-profit RPG Therapeutics LLC since.

First Prototype of Tabletop RPG as a Modality for Therapeutic / Educational Intervention
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:25 AM

This is my first prototype rough draft in the development of role-playing gaming as a modality for therapeutic / educational interventions. For a Recreation Therapy course in which I am currently enrolled at Eastern Washington University, our task last week was to "Develop a Tabletop Leisure Education Game" for a group of Autism Spectrum (and other) adults in a facility near the Seattle area (we are in Spokane, WA). Of course I selected (with the approval of my assigned partner in the project, Tabletop Role-Playing Gaming (RPG ) for this assignment, in this case a 1940s Gumshoe Detective-style mystery set in urban Chicago...

Game Master Therapist & Game Master Instructor Game Master Therapist & Game Master Instructor
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:45 AM

If indicated viable from the research results of all the previous steps, define the requirements for a Game Master Therapist (GMT) or Game Master Instructor (GMI) in applying a role-playing game therapeutic or educational module.

Game to Grow Episode 1 Game to Grow Episode 1
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:26 AM

Join the live broadcast Monday, July 11th, 5:00 pm Pacific time. The first episode in the monthly series on the benefits and uses of games...

Gender Bias in Gaming Gender Bias in Gaming
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:27 AM

I am currently in a course titled "The Psychology of Women" and we are covering various gender-bias topics. Recently on the CAR-PGa email list a link was sent related to gender-bias in gaming. Have you seen/experienced gender-bias related to gaming?

GOALS
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Oct 23, 2022 09:39 AM

Over many years, the long term intention of RPG Research is to implement a series of studies using many different population groups meeting the following goals:

Have Fun Learning InfoSec Through Role-playing Gaming Have Fun Learning InfoSec Through Role-playing Gaming
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:26 AM

Tonight I begin play-testing the brand new Cryptomancer RPG by Chad Walker. It is a role-playing game specifically useful for teaching the basics of Information Security (InfoSec) to laymen (and professionals), in a fun way. It is first and foremost designed as a fun fantasy RPG setting (with the InfoSec twist), that just happens to teach basic InfoSec concepts and good (and bad) practices as a byproduct of participation.

Help Make The RPG Research Trailer a Reality? Help Make The RPG Research Trailer a Reality?
by RPG Research Admin — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:26 AM

I am trying to increase the geographic ability to provide RPG sessions for many populations around the North America. This will also later help improve the reach of research efforts, and then after that provide actual therapeutic programs using RPG in all forms to help with development and healing. The studies are the on therapeutic & educational effects of role-playing gaming (tabletop, live-action, & computer-based). Hoping folks see the benefit of helping to make this portable RPG research facility a reality. I know this is a reach, but thought it important enough to at least see if it can be made a reality. If not something you feel you could help with, please consider letting others know. Thank you for your time and consideration! - http://www.gofundme.com/rpgtrailer

How far to go with trolls? How far to go with trolls?
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Nov 12, 2022 08:26 AM

Recently in a Facebook conversation regarding the Wheelchair Friendly RPG Trailer, I had some interaction with what turned out to be a troll. At first I thought it might be a legitimate interaction, but only too late was it clear they were otherwise... I thought it would be fun to post the interaction here for future reference.

Ideal Introductory Adventure
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Sep 28, 2022 11:20 AM

This is for discussion and heavy revision from everyone (whole world welcome!) as we try to nail down these recommended guidelines.

Improving Access to Tabletop Role-Playing Games by Overcoming High Barriers to Introductory Play Improving Access to Tabletop Role-Playing Games by Overcoming High Barriers to Introductory Play
by Hawke Robinson — last modified Sep 28, 2022 11:09 AM

Any of you following our 10 or so streams per week have probably heard RPG Research's founder Hawke Robinson state time and again that RPG publishers have set an unnecessarily high barrier to entry due to dependence on the mass-loading and mentor model in about 99% of role-playing games. This generally means that the vast majority of the world population is left out of the benefits of RPGs. We're fixing that, without dumbing down the game systems and their benefits!

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