FAQs: How does RPG Research Preserve Health and Promote Wellness?

RPG Research is in direct alignment with the “preserving health and promoting wellness” classification. RPG Research specializes in research, theory,and evidence-in-practice supported recreational therapy informed community programs. Programs are designed to improve function and quality of life for a wide range of populations including children, adults, senior adults, and populations with special needs:

• neurodiverse populations: ASD, PDD, PDA, ADHD, DI/DD
• anxiety
• depression
• phobias
• brain injury recovery
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Blind and Visually Impaired

Our programs are centered around cooperative narrative social interactive problem-solving for ages 4 years old through senior adults, providing the following benefits:

• camaraderie development
• executive function improvement
• reduced cognitive decline associated with aging
• activating the benefits of neuroplasticity for brain-injury recovery
• social skills development
• verbal communication
• impulse control
• emotional intelligence
• cooperative problem-solving

RPG Research provides adaptive equipment and modified games for Blind, Deaf, and those with neuromuscular disorders. Our programs also help with empathy and compassion development in at-risk and high-risk youth/ adults. We provide tools addressing: anger management, conflict resolution, developing better frustration tolerance, delayed gratification, and increasing resilience.

Weactively raise awareness on disabilities and neurodifferences in gaming and the world at large. We provide a dedicated community center, online, and mobile facilities to support underserved and unserved populations including rural and remote locations. We advocate, train, and provide free consulting services to improve accessibility at other organizations' locations and events.