MAD SMARTZ: Social Skills and Anger Management Card Game

MAD SMARTZ TEACHES PRACTICAL ANGER MANAGEMENT, EMPATHY, and SOCIAL SKILLS FUN AND EASY GAMEPLAY: Fun cooperative gameplay helps to enhance social skills. Also enhances anger control, empathy, critical thinking, and conversation skills. Helps children who need to develop their emotional intelligence learn soft skills such as how to identify emotions through facial expressions and body language, react appropriately, and make interpersonal connections. Adults are encouraged to join in responding and demonstrating appropriate answers. HOW PLAYED: The game is played like the card game Uno. It combines Uno-type cards with questions and suggestions regarding anger management, empathy, and social skills. There are also tip cards for each of these categories. Players race to get rid of their cards while responding to questions and learning skills in these three important categories. AIDS: Aids Parents, Therapists, Teachers, and Caregivers: Counselors and Psychologists use card games in therapy, teachers use the educational games for kids in the classroom to teach anger management, empathy, and social skills, and parents use as conversational cards to connect with their children or simply as learning games to aid in child development. The cards can be used as a tool and elaborated on or as prompts for creating some of your own situations. The deck includes questions and tip cards. Each question card outlines a common issue in each category. There are prompts on each card and also tip cards for each category. The tip cards look deeper into the issue and then guide the user to be more thoughtful in their emotional response to the situation. Includes 117 cards, instructions, and tips for each category (anger management, empathy, and social skills)

• Promotes Social Skills & Emotional Regulation: Inspired by the card game Uno, Mad Smartz addresses crucial topics such as anger management, social skills, empathy, and more. It’s a versatile tool for children’s emotional development, promoting trust and cooperation. It combines entertainment with valuable learning opportunities, making it an ideal choice for families, therapy, counseling, or classroom settings.
• Promotes positive relationships: Facilitates positive interactions and connections between players, promoting empathy, cooperation, and understanding, ultimately strengthening relationships and building a sense of community.
• Beneficial Tool for ADHD and Autism: Designed to benefit children with ADHD or autism, Mad Smartz provides strategies for anger management, improving social skills, empathy, and much more.
• Learning in a fun way: Through engaging gameplay, Mad Smartz encourages children to answer questions and review tip cards, encouraging social skills and emotional growth in a creative way. Children will learn without even realizing it as they play.
• Enjoyable Gameplay for All Ages: Ideal for kids ages 6 and up, Mad Smartz also offers enjoyable gameplay for teens and adults in groups of two or more. With 104 game cards, 5 instruction cards, and 8 tip cards, it provides ample opportunities for learning and bonding.
• Support Parents, Teachers, and Therapists: Mad Smartz is designed as a support tool for caregivers and educators, helping children identify, process, and work through a variety of issues such as family changes, trauma, grief, anger, depression, social delays, anxiety, and fears.
• Promotes Critical Thinking: Encourages players to think strategically and make thoughtful decisions as they navigate through various scenarios presented in the game, fostering critical thinking skills in a fun and engaging way.
• Versatile Application: Designed to be adaptable to different contexts, Mad Smartz can be used as a therapeutic tool to address a wide range of issues such as anger management, social skills, empathy, and more, making it a valuable resource for parents, therapists, counselors, and teachers alike.
• Supports learning and growth: Helps children develop essential life skills such as communication, problem-solving, emotional regulation, and social competence, while promoting positive behaviors and self-expression.
• Creativity & Expression: Spark creativity and encourage self-expression as players engage in storytelling, role-playing, and creative problem-solving activities throughout the game, fostering imagination and confidence.