2010
DOI: 10.5296/ije.v2i2.538
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Lego Games Help Young Children with Autism Develop Social Skills

Abstract: This article aims to introduce how Lego project can help young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) improve social interaction and language skills and reduce challenging behaviors. A case study of a preschooler named Adam with mild ASD characteristics such as language delays, behavioral problems and lack of soci… Show more

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“…While not technically a game, LEGO building toys were mentioned often during interviews, and have also been studied in autism literature [19]. There are obvious comparisons to Minecraft, as both allow for creative building.…”
Section: Gaming Practices Of Neurodiverse Familiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…While not technically a game, LEGO building toys were mentioned often during interviews, and have also been studied in autism literature [19]. There are obvious comparisons to Minecraft, as both allow for creative building.…”
Section: Gaming Practices Of Neurodiverse Familiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therapists have a history of using games and toys as the focus of interventions and therapy for ND children [17,19], so the use of electronic games seems a natural extension. Games designed to promote education skills, like math, are commonly used to supplement educational curriculum.…”
Section: Minecraft and Neurodiverse Playersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the case study published by Pang 21 an individual, diagnosed with mild ASD, performed LEGO ® therapy in a school setting. After 3 months of intervention the subject acquired new communicative skills and vocabulary repertoire, and began to produce simple phrases.…”
Section: Figure 1 Rules Of Lego® Therapymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Notably, in the selected articles the sample size varied from case studies with only one participant 21 to interventions with 60 individuals 15 . The number of sessions required for meaningful results was not always recorded 17 , which may have had a negative influence on the data obtained 2,17 .…”
Section: Figure 1 Rules Of Lego® Therapymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Various efforts are made to stimulate the development of children's social competence, one of which is by giving rewards in the form of praise, star symbol, or toy that can effectively improve children's prosocial behavior, which is, one of the indicators of social competences (Fabes, Fultz, Eisenberg, May-Plumlee, & Christopher, 1989). Besides, storytelling activities (Mincic, 2007), video games (Greitemeyer & Osswald, 2010), and lego games (Pang, 2010) are also proven to be an alternative to improve children's social competence. This form of stimulation is inseparable from the participation of parents and teachers to direct the children in developing their social competence, as evidenced by the research conducted by Berns (1997) that presents the involvement of teachers and parents as one of the successes of school programs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%