Totika: A Game of Fun, Skill, and Communication

Edited (2006, Open Spaces, 29.99)
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Totika is a wood stacking game like no other! While trying to keep the stack from falling over, players draw cards and answer questions about personal growth, self-esteem, and life skills. All questions are open-ended so the game can be played in a wide variety of settings. As players concentrate on pulling and placing blocks, they tend to have fun, relax, open up, and answer questions…sometimes with humor and sometimes from the heart. Either way, the result is a fun communication game that is focused on building self esteem and personal growth. The game comes with the Self-Esteem card deck (described here), which includes questions about setting and achieving goals, facing challenges, internal/external sources of motivation and present or emerging personal talents and skills. Two or more players: Grades 3-up.

The Totika game can be expanded with additional decks of question cards. Click here for descriptions!

Talk-It-Out: A Therapeutic Board Game Designed to Encourage Teens to Communicate

by Gordon Greenhalgh (2010, Western Psychological, 49.95)
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Specially designed to get teens talking, this game supports the therapeutic process by addressing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect adolescents. And it's fun! A sturdy, beautifully produced game board, spinner, and large, colorful game cards give teens the opportunity to discuss family, friends, feelings, values, dreams, and hopes for the future. Questions posed are thought-provoking, imaginative, and sure to engage even the most resistant teen. Grades 6-12.

The Talking, Feeling, & Doing Game: A Psychotherapeutic Game for Children

by Richard Gardner (1998, Childswork/Childsplay, 54.95)
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This was the first published therapeutic game by Richard Gardner. It is still one of the most popular tools used in child psychotherapy. The child's responses to the questions and directions help reveal the psychological issues that are most important, and serves as a point of departure for meaningful discussions. For 2-5 players. Grades preK-10.

"Talk It Over" Card Game (School Version)

Edited (2000, Childswork/Childsplay, 17.95)
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Children rarely get the opportunity to talk about the things that they like or dislike about their school experience, but this non-competetive card game will get them chattering away. Designed to be played in the classroom or in a counseling session, the game contains four decks of cards: Yourself, Your Classmates, Your School, and Hot Topics. Each of the 120 cards asks thought-provoking questions—there are no right or wrong answers. For 2-6 players. Grades 1-9.

"Talk It Over" Card Game (Family Version)

Edited (2000, Childswork/Childsplay, 17.95)
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Children have lots to say about their families if anyone takes the time to ask the right questions or listen to the answers. This new card game can be played in a family setting or in counseling. The questions are divided into four categories: Yourself, Your Family, The Future and the World, and are provoking but non-threatening. Designed by a child psychologist, the game will enhance family communication and foster mutual understanding. Grades 2 and up.

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