Exploring My World Board Game

by Arley Loeffler, LCSW     Ages 5-12. 2-5 players. This appealing game draws out material about children's experiences, feelings, and perceptions. Sentence completion cards provide opportunities for players to discuss family relationships, peer relationships, school, wishes, and fantasies. Other game elements elicit clinical information through storytelling. Players have the opportunity, for example, to tell stories about various aspects of their world, thereby giving the therapist a chance to examine the child's personal and family concerns. The therapist can select meaningful material from the child's stories and incorporate it in the child's treatment.