Our Games & Consoles:

 
 

PC Gaming

Research has indicated that gaming in therapy can improve attention and communication, allow people to creatively express themselves, and can even be used as a coping skill, especially anxiety! Gaming can be an opportunity for children to practice frustration tolerance and build emotional-regulation skills, patience, and learn to take turns. Lastly, gaming can be an extremely useful way for the therapist to gain trust and insight to the client’s worldview, which can aid in enhancing treatment and success.

Here is a list of some current computer games:

  • Minecraft

  • Roblox

  • Hot Wheels Unleashed

  • Nickelodeon All Star Brawl

  • Halo Infinite

  • Sims 4

  • Fortnite

  • and more!

virtual reality

Oculus Quest 2 is a game changer, as it is capable of helping those with Autism better communicate and connect with their family, friends and peers, and the world around them! Virtual Reality and Virtual Reality Play Therapy™ (VRPT™) can help those with Autism improve appropriate social-emotional responses, reciprocal communication, social skills, and express appropriate facial expressions, cues and gestures. Additionally, it can help teens and adults with Autism with gaining the independent skills necessary for employability, dating, and more!

Here is a list of some of our available VR Games:

  • Star Wars

  • Beat Saber

  • Half & Half

  • Gravity Sketch

  • Jurassic World

  • First Steps

  • Hand Physics Lab

  • Google Earth

  • Spider-Man: Far from Home

  • Spacewalk

  • Chess Ultra

  • DCS World: Air, Sea, Land

  • VR Theremin

  • Oculus Tutorials (DreamDeck, First Contact)

  • And more!

Nintendo Switch

Available games:

  • Pokemon: Let’s go Pikachu

  • Monster Hunter: Rise

  • MarioKart8

  • Fortnite

  • Pokemon Unite

  • Minecraft

  • Risk

  • MarioKart Live

  • Monster Jam

  • Dreamlight Valley

  • Lego Harry Potter

  • Lego Jurassic Park & World

  • and more!

Wii, PlayStation, & more

We also have a PlayStation 1 and PS2, as well as a Wii. These are visually stimulating and integrate physical activity with psychosocial development. Additionally, they can help improve eye contact, motor skills, aid in tolerating loud sounds, and teach cooperation and turn-taking skills, which are all imperative in developing appropriate social skills. Some of these games include:

Wii:

  • Mario Strikers Charged

  • Wii Play

  • Monster Jam

  • Bakugan: Battle Brawlers

  • Cooking Mama: Cook Off

PS2:

  • NHL 2004

  • Wallace & Gromit’s: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

  • WWE Smackdown vs. RAW 2007

  • Cabela’s Big Game Hunter

  • SSX3

PS1:

  • Croc & Croc 2

  • ATV Quad Power Racing

  • Boxing

  • Crash Bandicoot: Warped

  • Frogger