Legotherapy Camp
Join our Speech Language Pathologist for an innovative group-based social development program using the LEGO® system. LEGO® therapy has been proven to be an effective way for children with social communication difficulties to improve their social interaction and communication skills. Improvements in social competence enable children to sustain lasting friendships and reach their highest potential.
How This Evidence-based Therapy Works
The LEGO® bricks and other elements are a highly structured, predictable and systematic construction toy. It is therefore likely that children with ASD and other social communication difficulties will be motivated by tasks involving LEGO®. LEGO® system based interactive play groups provide a way to establish self-regulation and use peer mediated social feedback.
Children come together each sesssion to meet for the LEGO® Club. During the sessions, they focus on collaborative projects in an interactive setting. To prompt interaction among the children and help them come up with their own solutions to LEGO® building problems, they are introduced to a set of clear LEGO® Club rules and develop LEGO brick building skills, including collaborative building. This collaboration requires close interaction and communication among group members naturally reinforcing social contact and development.
The participants meet engage in collaborative building sets and freestyle projects, tailored to the skill level of the participants. The tasks are analyzed and different responsibilities are assigned to group members. Typically these roles include a director, engineer, supplier and builder.
The team works together to assemble the project with an emphasis on verbal and non-verbal communication. Resilience, flexibility, joint attention, attention to task, problem-solving, sharing, turn-taking and repair of communication breakdown are all targeted during the LEGO® group projects.
Join us for an enlightening Legotherapy experience rooted in research-backed methodologies. Limited spots available, so secure your child’s place today!
Camp Details:
- Dates: Dates: July 22-26, 2024 & July 29- Aug 2, 2024
- Times: 1-2pm
- Location: KidsAbility Clinic – 8 Midtown Plaza, 273 Elgin Avenue
- Age Group: Children 7-10 years old
- Cost: $550CI per week
- Registration Deadline: June 11, 2024
