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The original round tableIn the time of COVID-19 and convention cancellations, most if not all opportunities for applied and therapeutic DMs to interact and network in person have been limited, and as such I have decided to start hosting regular DM round tables. The first one was more of a

Orcs is currently trending on twitter. From what I can gather, it's backlash after someone took a page from a 5e handbook stating that orcs were bloodthirsty due to genetics, and declared it racist. Since then, there has been a huge onslaught of (mostly white) dudes stating that orcs aren't

Yesterday, I ran a DM round table/training on using lesson planning tools for session planning. While it was a bit of an odd mix between a winding conversation between a bunch of therapeutic and applied DMs, there was also some structure around discussing ways to do better, directed session

As COVID-19 spreads, a lot of people are finding really creative ways to move their work and play online, but in a lot of cases, this feels like reinventing the wheel. This has absolutely been true with my teen social skills group, but yesterday I ran an amazing session without

One of the questions I get the most often, as far as running social skills groups is this: How do I get my players to talk to each other (and not me, the DM)? It's a valid question. I've had a lot of students in social skills groups who really

Hi all. I know things are really scary right now with the outbreak, and a lot of us are practicing social distancing either through choice or government orders. This is very important, and we need to all be doing our part to flatten the curve and try to keep the

Not that community. (Image from NBC's Community)I've been meaning to set up D&D social skills groups within the community mental health agency I work at for some time. The agency focuses on high need children and their families within the Pierce County region, and uses a wraparound framework