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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Role playing games (RPG) for social skill development?

jsimon7777
Posted: 16 Jul 2012, 5:08 pm 

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Valk, If that's you losing your head, you're a level person. You're right that adults have a useful perspective, but it has been my experience that most kids and parents understand education less than most teachers, just as most doctors understand healthcare better than most patients. At the moment,...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Role playing games (RPG) for social skill development?

jsimon7777
Posted: 16 Jul 2012, 3:38 pm 

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Valkyrie2012, OK, I can see how, if verbal communication is terribly difficult, Second Life can be a life saver. I'm glad it was for you. Anything that makes someone feel accepted and cared for can make a huge difference. However, they can also drag people away from reality. I've been communicating ...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Role playing games (RPG) for social skill development?

jsimon7777
Posted: 16 Jul 2012, 2:56 pm 

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ASDMommyASDKid, Yes, I'm asking if parents would pay for an DnD (no more A!) social skills group. A few years ago, I met a couple people who did DnD tutoring for math. They seemed to be somewhat successful. DnD does have a stigma, still, but I could call the game something else, especially since the...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Role playing games (RPG) for social skill development?

jsimon7777
Posted: 16 Jul 2012, 1:34 pm 

Replies: 26
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FalsettoTesla,

Interesting. That makes me think of the double-slit experiment, where you get distinct locations of light. :) It's the battle of taking metaphors too far.

thewhitrbbit,

I understand.

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Role playing games (RPG) for social skill development?

jsimon7777
Posted: 16 Jul 2012, 11:00 am 

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Falsetto, I guess I'm getting everyone's feedback on here. Maybe it's the depth of interest that makes people geeky. One kid loves animals to a ridiculous degree. Loving animals isn't geek, but memorizing species certainly is. It makes me wonder what he would do with a DnD bestiary. Like I said, I g...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Role playing games (RPG) for social skill development?

jsimon7777
Posted: 15 Jul 2012, 10:09 pm 

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Alphabetania, I pretty much agree. I'm not big on LARPing, personally, but it probably works for a lot of people. I think tabletop gaming is more approachable, especially for parents, and the turn-based nature forces everyone to interact. FalsettoTesla, I'm pretty sure a lot of kids would be interes...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Role playing games (RPG) for social skill development?

jsimon7777
Posted: 15 Jul 2012, 9:22 pm 

Replies: 26
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I am a tutor and have several students with autism of some form or another. I recognized for one, a teenager, that role playing might be his thing, so I took him to play Dungeons and Dragons. He loves it with a passion, and afterwards, I noticed a dramatic difference in his behavior. He's still him,...
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