Kognito Interactive, an award-winning developer of online role-playing training simulations, and the Veteran Affairs of NY/NJ Healthcare Network, created Family of Heroes. This simulation was initially developed to serve the approximately one million veterans in the New York City, Long Island, Lower Hudson Valley and the state of New Jersey.

Family of Heroes is a one-hour, interactive training simulation where family members learn essential skills in order to manage common challenges facing families in adjusting to post-deployment life, such as resiliency & post-traumatic stress disorder. The simulation is broken up into chapters that focuses on numerous topics such as: managing expectations from their veteran’s return, learning to identify post-deployment stress, and managing conversations with the goals of de-escalating arguments.

Family of Heroes was developed using Kognito’s proprietary Human Interaction Game Engine, which is based on research in social cognition, neuroscience, and motivational interviewing. Kognito creates virtual practice environments where a learner engages in challenging conversations with emotionally responsive avatars that act and respond to simulate real humans. The goal is to provide the user with a clear understanding of effective and ineffective interview and conversation tactics.

Funder: Veteran Affairs NY/NJ Healthcare Network

Press: Village Voice, GamesForward

Contact: Christina Pagano paganopr@aol.com

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