lego based therapy

[signandsingcarols]

Anyone see the article in the i newspaper today about this? I think ds would love this, and I could see me running a group (to benefit him and a couple of his friends) I have ordered the new book/manual (authored by LeGoff, Gomez de la Cuestra, Strauss and Baron-Cohen) but wondered if any you had kids who had attended such groups, (and benefited, or not) and whether anyone had run such a group?

DS used to do Lego therapy with his ASD specialist support teacher. There would be DS and another child and one of them would have to read the instructions for the other to build a model. DS did it once then refused to do it again as he said it was a waste of time and its quicker to build it himself.

I do a Lego group at the school where i work. It's aimed at children who need a little bit of help with their social skills and it works really well. The kids love it. It gets them talking to each other and working together and they are always really proud of their creations.

Just sent DD to the local shop to see if they still have a copy. Would love to read this!

Thanks for the heads-up, really enjoyed that article (and hope to get the book too!).

For anyone else interested (or who may have missed the article), here's a link: www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/the-rise-of-lego-clubs-how-toys-are-helping-children-struggling-with-social-interaction-to-build-better-relationships-10279678.html

Ha! I do this with dd1, dd2 and ds

We all take turns at being the described, builder, or part-finder, and collaboratively build models.

It does help all concerned, but I had no idea it was a "legitimate" therapy