LARP activity for autism spectrum toddlers.

[Hawke Robinson]

Creating LARP Activity Therapeutic Recreation Program for Autistic Toddlers -
http://rpgresearch.com/blog/creating-larp-program-for-autistic-toddlers

Due to excessively strict NDA of the organization we are doing this with, I am
very limited in the details that I can post, but letting those following the
RPG Research project efforts know what I'm allowed to share.

We are beginning working with autism-spectrum toddlers today from a recreation
therapy approach, in the final stages of developing an activity program that is
LARP (Live-Action Role-Playing) quest-style for this population group, that we
will actually implement in the next few weeks.

We are creating a TON of recreation therapy industry standard documentation
for this process. Hopefully I can get permission down the road to discuss in
much more detail.

After it is over, hopefully I can release a "sanitized" version of the LARP
portion of the detailed documentation of the program to the public (not the
organization's program, but the program that I, and 2 others collaborated to
create as part of our class project in Recreation Therapy Program Planning).

I am really excited to finally be testing application of some of the hypotheses
I've been talking about for years to a real-life group. :-)

Hope this was of interest to others here as well.

--
-Hawke Robinson
Role-playing gamer since 1979.
Working on interdisciplinary degrees in Recreation Therapy, Music Therapy,
Cognitive Neuroscience, and Research Psychology, at Eastern Washington
University.
WSTRA (Washington State Therapeutic Recreation Association) member.
ATRA (American Therapeutic Recreation Association) member.
Retired computer scientist, AS/CS, SANS GIAC GCIH, MCSE, SCSAp1, CNA.

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