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Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA)
FBA stands for Functional Behavior Assessment. It’s a method of understanding the root cause, or function, of behavior. An FBA’s purpose is to identify the specific motivation behind a behavior targeted for increase or decrease. Everything humans do results in one of four general functions: to access something we like (e.g., money, toys), escape from …
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How do I earn points?
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Where and when should my child play curaJOY’s games?
Once purchased, your child may play freely on any internet browsers at home or in school. There is no special app to download. Remember to make sure that device’s speakers or headphones are working properly as dialogue and tone of voice are important in our games. Younger children should spend about 15-30 minutes per session …
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QuestMates
In Quest Depot, QuestMates are our resident 3D embodied agents with advanced Natural Language Processing capabilities that converse with participants and teach via the Socratic method. Each QuestMate contains a wealth of social-emotional learning content, cognitive behavior techniques, but each has different personalities, appearances, gender, race, and age, and life stories. Participants’ interactions with QuestMates …
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Treasure Chest – Performance-based Rewards
Quest Depot’s payout rate is designed specifically to maximize motivation and facilitate behavior change. It’s also important to note that Quest Depot doesn’t require 100% success for full treasure chest award qualification. Perfectionism impedes long-term personal growth, and we value progress and effort towards the right direction in order to maximize our quester’s life potential. …
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Quest Check In – Updating Your Progress
Questers are required to Check In on their quest with a picture at least once a week. Their updates determine their quest performance scores, and systems are in place to flag false submissions. Quest Depot users email, text, and push notifications to remind users who forget to update and make it easy for users …
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Zone of Proximal Development
When you notice that your child has made obvious progress, it’s easy to forget to encourage them because you may think it’s what they’re supposed to be doing. Just like when the child is younger, not knowing how to play jigsaw puzzles, you would take their hands and finish jigsaw puzzles together. After a period …
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Why you should be writing
Writing heals. Writing calms. It connects and brings self-awareness. To write, we have to slow down our busy minds and focus on our purpose. It requires us to reflect on our thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and see them clearly–which is why journaling has been found to benefit one’s long-term mental health even more than assistance from …
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Do I have to sign a contract or commit to a long membership?
No, there is no long-term commitment. We want to make our programs assessible to as many families as possible. However you should keep in mind that the full value of curaJOY’s programs are in their unique three-prong approach. Parents receive a personalized and valid Strength Assessment Report for their child after he/she has completed the …
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I really like your mission, and have my own stories (we call them shining moments) that I’d like to share with the next generation.
Yes!!! By all means, please share with the next generation. We live in a world where most of us have more but treasure less. Experiences are the best teachers. curaJOY‘s Shining Moments page is a great place to share your experiences and mentor Earth’s future movers and shakers. You may also contact us to discuss …
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What is Quest Depot?
Quest Depot is an incentive-tied, science-based gamified experience for personal growth that helps people as young as elementary school to set goals, track progress, review performance, think positively and live out their dreams. Personal goals are turned into quests at Quest Depot, and users benefit from all proven effective productivity and success methods automatically applied …
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Too Many Quests? Exercises For Elucidation
Studies have shown writing about positive life goals topics to be hugely beneficial for our well-being and help us achieve our goals, so take some time to explore your future self and what you want to accomplish with the exercises below. In 2001, King asked students to write about either a traumatic experience, their best …
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