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Ghost Ball

Maneuver your ball around the game window without hitting the sides and while avoiding the other balls. As the game goes on, more and more balls appear and seek to send your ball careening into the side of the game window.

You can play the game on this page:

Game Via AddictingGames.com

Game play alone results in modest improvements in real-world executive skills. Please refer to our Playbook Tutorial, general coaching and comprehensive guides to transfer game skills to sustainable real-life behaviors.

QUICK FACTS

Game Type: Arcade
Platform/Console: Internet
Other Requirements: Adobe Flash Player
LWK Recommended Age: 5+

 

This Game is Good for Kids Who Need Help With:

• Changing their approach to an activity when additional challenges are added (flexibility)

What You Need to Know About the Game:

Reading ability is required if the player chooses to read the instructions, but this game is easy to figure out without reading them.

How to find it:
http://www.addictinggames.com/ghostball.html

Controls, game basics, and instructions:
The player controls the silver ball with the arrow keys and must avoid the colored balls which will try to knock the player out of the game window. The game window is the box in which the game is played. The edges are clearly defined

Solutions:

No walkthroughs are necessary for this game.

This Game Helps Your Kids With Flexibility:

This game is good for kids who need help with changing their approach to an activity when additional challenges are added, because they must:

• Be able to continually adapt and change their strategy as more colored balls are added to the game. At the begining, there is only one colored ball to contend with; but as time goes on, more balls appear and become more difficult to avoid. Dealing with a single colored ball is much different than dealing with two, three, or even more.

Talking Points:

• How were you able to stay within the game window when another colored ball was added?
• How did being flexible in your play style help you to stay within the game window?
• How is accommodating the addition of more colored balls in “Ghostball” similar to adjusting to more activities and/or chores added to your daily routine?

Making it Real:

• Systematically and gradually expose children to new situations. Start with areas with which the children have some degree of familiarity or comfort. For example, with a child who has separation difficulties, it may be best initially to spend time away from parents with other family members such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles. Attempting a sleepover at a relative’s house might be a good first step in being able to encourage the child to attend a sleepover at a friend’s home. Similar graduated exposure to opportunities away from parents in group activities such as Boy or Girl Scouts or a karate class or sports team practice may be helpful.