Critical Core Group

Building confidence and engagement one dragon at a time!

Critical Core is a social development program that utilizes a role playing game (similar to Dungeons and Dragons) to motivate participants to actively engage in social situations and to develop meaningful connections with others. This is a collaborative game in which players and the facilitator work together to create a story. It is a safe and supportive environment in which players are able to practice communicating, problem solving, and regulation as their characters progress through a series of challenges that will ultimately lead to them becoming heroes.

The overall goal of Critical Core is generalizable learning from fully-engaged play while respecting individuals and building relationships.

We encourage growth in the following areas:

• Increase regulation
• Increase collaboration
• Increase motor and cognitive planning
• Improve perspective taking
• Increase access to pretend play development for related skill building

For more information about the Critical Core project please visit www.criticalcore.org