Level Up! Life Skills

Level Up! Life Skills is an enrichment program that helps kids and teens build social, emotional, and problem-solving skills through role-playing games, video games, and tabletop adventures. Using imagination and play, adventurers practice teamwork, communication, resilience, and coping strategies in a fun, supportive setting.

✨ Note: Level UP! is an enrichment program, not therapy or counseling.

Most sessions use Role Playing games (RPGs), where adventurers create characters and work together to solve challenges in an interactive story.

If families prefer not to use an RPG, the facilitator can work with parents ahead of time to provide alternative Solo Adventures, such as:

• Tabletop board games (chess, checkers, cooperative or strategy games)

• Video games (like Minecraft, with No Man’s Sky coming soon)

This flexibility ensures every child has an engaging way to build resilience, problem solving, and social skills — all while having fun.

A role-playing game (RPG) is a cooperative storytelling game where players take on characters in a fantasy (or other genre) setting and work together to solve challenges, go on adventures, and make decisions as a team. Think of it like an interactive story or board game — but instead of just moving pieces, kids get to imagine, act, and create the adventure together.

When kids play RPGs, they practice:

• Resilience — learning to bounce back when things don’t go as planned.

• Problem Solving — finding creative solutions to puzzles and challenges.

• Social Skills — listening, sharing ideas, and working as a team to succeed.

It’s fun and engaging, while teaching the same real-life skills kids use in school, friendships, and everyday life.

• Zero Session: This is a single, 30-60 minute session scheduled before the Adventure Sessions begin. Introduces group goals, rules, expectations, character creation, and Q&A.

• Adventure Sessions (weekly): Adventurers face challenges, solve problems, and work as a team in a guided role-playing game.

• Closing Discussion: At the end of each session, adventurers reflect on what they learned, celebrate victories, and share highlights from their peers’ choices and teamwork.

After the four-session arc has concluded, the facilitator follows up via phone or email to share your Adventurer’s progress and discuss what comes next — Adventurers may:

• Continue with the same group (if available) to keep building on their shared story,

• Join a new adventuring group — carrying over the same character, progress, and achievements into fresh adventures with new peers, or creating a brand-new character for a fresh start,

• Play Solo Adventures — either as a bridge while waiting for the next group, or as a one-on-one story with the facilitator, or

• Take a break — completing an adventure cycle and returning at another time.

This flexible structure ensures every child’s journey feels continuous, supported, and rewarding — whether they stick with a beloved hero or set out as someone new.

Absolutely! Solo Adventures can be scheduled between Group Adventures or while waiting for a group to form and begin. Adventurers can even use the same character across both types of adventures, keeping their story and progress connected.

Cohorts are grouped to balance comfort, maturity, and developmental stage:

• Grades 1–3

• Grades 4–5

• Grades 6–8

• Grades 9–12

Every child is unique, and age ranges don’t always match developmental needs. We work closely with parents to ensure each adventurer is placed in the cohort where they will feel comfortable, encouraged, and supported.
✨ Every child has a place at the table.

Because each 5-Session Group Adventure is limited to 3–5 Adventurers, every absence impacts the group’s progress and dynamic. For this reason, we are not able to offer refunds or makeup sessions for missed group classes. Your child is always welcome to rejoin the group at the next scheduled session and continue their adventure.

For Solo Adventures, if your adventurer needs to miss a session, please contact us at least 24 hours in advance to reschedule. In the event of an unforeseen emergency, we will do our best to work with you to find a solution.

✨ We appreciate your understanding as we strive to keep the adventure fair, supportive, and fun for every player.

Adventurers will need:

• A device with internet access

• A webcam and microphone

• Access to platforms such as Zoom, Roll20, Minecraft, or Board Game Arena (specific platforms depend on the group)

No — sessions are for the adventurers. However, parents are welcome to reach out to us outside of the sessions at LevelUpGamingforGrowth@gmail.com

No. Level UP! is an enrichment program that uses games to build real-world skills in a fun and imaginative way. It is not therapy or counseling, and it should not be considered a substitute for professional mental health treatment.