نبذة مختصرة : Mental health education to promote resilience in children has become paramount with the increase in mental health concerns post-COVID. Resilience can be developed through problem-solving, developing self-esteem, fostering hopefulness, making sense of chaos, creativity, kindness, breaking unhealthy thought patterns, and social connections. We designed a board game called “The Book of Light” to help children externalize and look at their problems from a distance. It involved answering a challenge to help a distressed animal presented as artwork in a deck of cards. A separate deck of cards contained mindfulness and emotional regulation tools, which they had to learn and impart to the animal. The game aimed to teach children to calm themselves, express their emotions, find meaning as they practice learning to be in another child’s shoes, make friends, become more open to new experiences, and find a safe space to talk about painful or difficult situations. This study focused on piloting the game using a Knowledge ...
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