Environment Interactions:

The Go Game:

The Go Game is an urban adventure Game facilitated by wireless technology. Players are given assignments ("missions") via handheld wireless mobile devices that encourage them to find clues and perform tasks that are specific to their environment. Players upload documentation in the form of text or photos on completion of these tasks. The underlying learning goals of the game are to develop creative problem solving skills, to build camaraderie among players, to increase awareness of one's environment, to encourage novel forms of interaction with others, and to extend a players sense of possibility.

Applications for C-CBT:

In many ways, the goals of CBT are similar to the goals of the Go Game as described above. We hope that children who use the C-CBT therapy will be encouraged to "interact with their environment and each other in ways they never could have imagined" and that they will "begin to see the possibilities that exist [within]... themselves." At the core of the Go Game is a method of encouraging players to interact with their environment in novel ways. A similar function is at the core of CBT for OCD.

The Go Game relies on the very latest in wireless technology, keeping the game moving with a constant give-and-take of digital information. Back and forth interaction with the C-CBT phone-based system can help maintain the subject’s interest through therapy and can provide a database of information on each child's progress further customizing and adapting the therapy to each child's specific needs and rate of progress. For instance, stored information could allow the system to call the child during specific times of day that the child has identified as accompanying acute manifestations of their symptoms.

While playing the Go Game, after each mission completed, a proof is created in the form of digital photos or video, and audio recordings or text input. You can also revisit the highlight moments in your photo gallery. As applied to C-CBT, the creation of a forum for subjects to share particular aspects of their therapy may be a valuable component as it would allow them to see that there are others who share the same problems. Successes could also be posted as a source of motivation and to establish a sense of possibility.