Learn how to lead roleplaying games from intimate 1 on 1 sessions all the way up to large group therapy applications. Whether you’re a first time Game Master (GM) or a forever GM looking for a fresh perspective, this curriculum is for you!
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The 9-Week Dungeon Master Certification Class grants 13 CEs for APA/ACE/NBCC/APT – the only one in the world, and offers a total of (36) hours training.
Understand what to document from TTRPG therapy and how to correctly place it within medical records.
Integrate therapeutic tabletop RPG interventions into the ACT therapy model.
Design practical ways to challenge your clients with cognitive, emotional, and social skill building within TTRPG narratives.
Defend against common stereotypes and demystify false conceptions while promoting inclusivity.
Build successful sessions through planning and understanding the logistics of how a session is conducted.
Apply practical skills to assist participants in not only creating a character, but building emotional insight through development of backstory and inter-character communication.
Each week has been created and formulated specifically to teach you the skills needed to feel comfortable in running your own groups and also being able to care for your players. There is a lot of material in these nine weeks with each week handling two different topics. It is expected that you, as the learner, will watch all of the videos, participate in all of the training, and be able to pass the final exam at the end showcasing your knowledge. Multiple theories are used within this program. Create a growth mindset for your players by engaging with the multiple ways to engage creativity, growth, and foster proactive experiences for your players.
This will be an overview of how TTRPGs will be applied within therapeutic practice.
Starting with session 0 you will learn about leveraging safety tools and how to orchestrate character creation.
Understand the history and applications of TTRPGs in therapy while using them as Therapeutic Tools.
Utilize the history and applications of TTRPGs in therapy to plan sessions.
Learn how to design interesting worlds that are full of therapeutic encounters for the individual or group.
Notate and comprehend the documentation you will need to use in your sessions for therapeutic encounters.
How to utilize Roll20 for success and using the tools you need for running TTRPGs.
Integrating ethics in your sessions to create inclusivity and diversity within TTRPGs.
How to communicate the therapeutic value of TTRPGs and leverage example session videos.
Tragic protagonists that can easily be related to by players!
Easy drop in and use macros to increase overall engagement and how to use them!
Not sure exactly what your clients or players should sign? Worry no more!
Utilize online procedurally generated maps or templated town and overview maps.
Over the course of nine sessions consisting of two hours of gameplay per week you are going to have a total of 18 hours of TTRPG experiences with recorded Certified Geek Therapists or live Professional Game Masters.
You get time GMing with professional players’ who wrote the books on how to RPG and you play in DND, 7th Sea, Changeling the Lost, and more
Four of these sessions will be streamed on our Geek Therapeutics Twitch channel, but don’t worry, not the one you will GM for. Those will be done privately and we will handle all of the streaming portions – you just need to show up as a player!
Clover Educational Consulting Group is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Clover Educational Consulting Group maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Contact us at continuing.education@clovered.org
Geek Therapeutics, #1769, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Geek Therapeutics maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 05/19/2022 – 05/19/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 13 continuing education credits.
Geek Therapeutics has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7042. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Geek Therapeutics is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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