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“We designed Chat Chains to help kids practice conversation in a way that feels playful, structured, and easy to use at home, in therapy, or in the classroom.”
How to use
- At Home
- In the Classroom
- In Therapy
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What Our Customers Think
A conversation-building tool praised for teaching social skills, reciprocity, and communication in therapy and educational settings. Customers said it's "great for teaching reciprocity" and helps with "speech therapy." While some found instructions confusing and teens less engaged, most found it effective for families and children with special needs.
This game has been a great addition to my elementary Special Education Resource Room! I teach at a Title 1 school, and we love the thought-provoking questions that get them talking and learning about different perspectives and experiences. I have several students on the Autism spectrum, and they love the “team” game mode where it doesn’t feel as pressuring 😊
The superlative suggestions are also great and my students have had so much fun recognizing each other for their conversation skills. All of my students love this game and have been asking to play again and again!It is packaged well (nice and compact), easy to understand, and requires very little set up which makes for a great early finish activity. 😊
My 9 year old has asked to play this game every day since I introduced her to it. I think she especially likes the 1:1 attention from me and the platform to talk about whatever she is thinking. I like that she’s starting to recognize when she rambles on. She’s starting to take pauses and wait for a response or question.
The groups of kids I work with enjoyed playing the game
Excellent social communication game that is great for teaching reciprocity. My kids love it and it's an easy way to teach how to ask questions. I've added bonus points for nonverbal communication skills as well and recommend keeping this in mind as your child starts to improve their skills
Teens did not like
Fun game to playWhen all parties participate
Purchased the to help my 14 in speech therapy and they really help teach her how to make conversation
Good tool for building a therapeutic relationship.
I work in mental health and this is amazing for those times you get stuck during burnout.
Fun game ! Durable and highly recommend !
I'm a LMHC and work with IDD adults. I just use the Topic cards for my group therapy. Near the end of group we play a game of letting the clients choose a 1 point question (e.g. What is your favorite smell?), 5 point question (e.g. What is something you are looking forward to?), or 10 point question (e.g. What is the meanest thing someone has done to you?). As you can see, the higher point questions are more difficult and revealing. I let the other group members decide if their answer was worth the points by show of thumbs up or thumbs down. Whoever ends with the most points wins a prize!
Very good for learning and teaching how to speak
Good price, great product
I would strongly suggest reading through the instructions and playing with an adult before getting it in front of children. Trying to guide the child in how to play this game while also learning it yourself is a bit confusing.Once you have it figured out it is pretty easy and straightforward. It's really just having a conversation. I share, you share, change topic but keep it related, etc.
I have used this with several of my clients during therapy and even some of their families. It was a hit.
I am a mental health counselor and purchased this game to play with tweens and teens. The kids enjoyed it and asked to play again. I will be using this game for many years to come.
Great game to open conversations!
This game was so much fun! There are so many options for play and any way you decide will have amazing results! This game is great for families or for teachers. I played with my three kids ages 9, 11, and 13 and at first they were giving one word answers but as they started to rack up the points and realized how to play, the conversations grew longer and we laughed so much!
It gave me insight in to my kids thoughts and feelings and gave them insight in to mine!! This was such a powerful game that can be played over and over, and always have different talking points!
I also took this to school to play with my students in 3-6th grade and they loved it too! We opted to play in small groups with no more than 3 kids and it really helped build a bond and trust between me and the students, as well as the students to students.10 out of 10 would recommend this game for home or school!
As a teacher, I find it difficult to always come up with conversation topics. This game made it easier for my student to practice answering questions in a full sentence, ask follow-up questions, and understand the natural pace of a conversation. The topics made the conversation fun. We use this once a week to reinforce social skills in my Emotional Support classroom. We love this product. ❤️
I’m a special education teacher and have students that struggle with developing meaningful conversations. They often answer in one or two word phrases. This game allowed my students to learn more about one another and practice conversation skills too. I rated this four stars as the directions were slightly confusing at first but now I think we get it.
My niece is a speech pathologist and is using them as a teaching aid
I bought this to encourage social interaction which seems to have taken a bit during the pandemic.
I like how the cards relate
fantastic product
This was so fun! I've used it with young children, adolescents, and adults. It's a really great tool to teach social skills and communication. I love it.
It is fun and engaging!
I SO wanted to love this. I’m an SLP who focuses on pragmatics so I was super excited to use this with students. Unfortunately it just didn’t do it for my students. They found it bland, un-engaging and flat out boring (not to mention, also confusing). This would be a hard pass for future me.
My daughter is a school counselor and she asked for this on her wish list. She thinks it will be a good tool for her students
We reinvented the way it's played because it was not fun or smoothly played with instructions.I pick a topic card for a child and it's their turn to get asked questions and comments, until they have nothing further to discuss, then I pick a new card for the other player(child) it may not be an easy point system but we really worked though some good conversations.
As a parent teaching my kids to work through tough discussions and working through things people might say, I think this "game" will really help with communication.
This game does not make sense. I am a social worker who conducts social skills groups and was looking for games that help build interpersonal skills and keep a conversation going. I have read the instructions and watched youtube video's over and over again and still do not understand it. I had other social workers and a BCBA see if they could understand the game and it was a lost cause.
I had to open it in order to get the directions out so left me with no choice but to keep it, which it was not cheap for a card game. Very disappointed that it claims it is helpful for 8 and up children and individuals diagnosed with ASD. This is not fun and it is way to complicated for adults to play.
I was looking for unique ideas but I could have come up with these myself, not worth the money