Falcone Institute D&D
Welcome to D&D ~ Falcone Institute’s interactive and collaborative program inspired by the popular fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons™. D&D is facilitated by one of Falcone Institute’s very own Dungeon Masters along with another Psychoeducational Coach and/or Speech-Language Therapist. D&D is geared toward neurotypical and neurodiverse populations ranging in age from 11 through 17.
Through this program, your child will have the opportunity to design his/her/their own character and team up with other clients/players to support your child’s imagination and creative thinking skills through real-world play, where actions have consequences, collaborative communication efficiently solves problems, and purposeful planning supports achievement of goals.
Your child will face in-game scenarios such as:
Hatching a plan for two teammates to distract a pair of guards as a third teammate slips by unnoticed (“Let’s hope they send the cloaked, fleet-of-foot half-elf to do the sneaking, and not the 7-foot tall, armor-clad barbarian!”).
Analyzing a split in the road (described by the Dungeon Master) to determine which direction to go.
Using their turn to heal a weakened teammate during a surprise goblin ambush.
Deciding as a team whether to trust a shady back-alley dwarf who SWEARS that he knows of a secret treasure just outside of town.
Weighing risk/reward scenarios such as attempting to use stealth to steal a prized relic versus trying to attack the band of guards protecting it, or just leaving the relic behind entirely!
Using their environment to hide from a powerful dragon or produce a solution to lead it astray (such as starting a fire 100 yards away or using the group wizard’s magic to project false images of the adventurers a long way away).
No matter the situation, the team of adventurers will need creativity, imagination, and teamwork to survive a world chock-full of surprises!
Sessions are held on Friday afternoons from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.:
January 19th
February 2nd
February 16th
March 1st
March 15th
March 29th
April 12th
April 26th ~ Grand Finale!