Becoming A Hero: The Use of RPGs in Adolescent Empowerment

How do the games affect the way in which we interpret and experience the world around us? Come and learn how roleplaying games – from live action roleplaying games to Japanese roleplaying games – can be used to benefit socioemotional and academic outcomes of adolescent youths from all walks of life. By the end of this panel, you too will learn how games can be used to foster community, develop academic achievements, and how roleplaying games can be used to live one’s most idealized self.