Therapeutic Video Game Guide

Child's Play is proud to offer the 2017 version of the update. This is an excellent tool for clinicians and caretakers dealing with children.

The purpose of this guide is to recommend a therapeutic video game for children based on symptoms. The game recommended in this guide is designed by EEDAR researcher, a leading video game research company, in collaboration with mental health researchers at the University of California San Diego.

This guide is a quick reference to allow caregivers to quickly select games for patients. Caregivers can select one of the listed games by referring to the category best suited to the patient's symptoms.

In this article, we will introduce and explore the application of video game technology in the treatment environment while providing the background, theoretical basis of video game technology, introduction to video game player culture. Through the lens of game therapy, the author tries to create an understanding of the potential effectiveness of video games as a means to promote customer self-quest. Provide an introductory course on game culture and terminology to help therapists integrate and promote this new approach

Video games have been debated for decades. Some people think that video games are related to violence. However, according to new research, video games have been shown to be usable for people's therapeutic objectives, exercise, stress relief, active interactive learning, hand-eye coordination, and various kinds of patient care for people around the world . While playing video games, coordination and concentration can physically, socially and mentally benefit users. - In 1972, the famous video game Pong was released, soon became the first popular arcade game. A simple table tennis game with ancient graphic design and control. Thirty-nine years later, based on stories such as "Call of Duty" and "Metal Gear", I began to make Pong's Hollywood style game.

There are many kinds of video games; the first commercial video game Pong is a simple table tennis simulation game. As processing capacity improves, new types of games such as adventure games and action games were developed. Players will guide characters through a series of obstacles from the perspective of a third party. This "real time" element can not be easily copied in board games, board games are usually limited to "turn-based" strategy, so in video games you can simulate battle in a more realistic way. In addition, video game play does not require the same physical skill, power or danger as the real world of the game, it allows for fantasy elements, games or sports simulation with physical violence, very realistic, exaggerated or We can provide impossible physics.