Lego®‐Based Play Therapy for Autistic Spectrum Children

Maternal experience of Lego Therapy in families with children with autism spectrum conditions: What is the impact on family relationships?

“…"if someone else is using it, don't take it"), with built in strategies to develop social skills and sustain the interactions. This requires joint task focus, shared attention, sharing, problem-solving and mutual goals, reciprocal reliance and communicating effectively (LeGoff et al, 2010). Each child takes one of three roles, rotated at regular intervals:  planner -reads the instructions;  searcher -find the pieces;  builder -builds the model.…”

LEGO® therapy as an intervention in autism spectrum disorders: an integrative literature review

“…LEGO ® therapy can be applied individually or in a group. The method prescribes specific rules and roles that are fundamental for the promotion of social interactions among the participants [13][14][15][16][17] .…”

“…LeGoff 16 and LeGoff and Sherman 17 observed in their research that the social norms and rules are learnt during the intervention. Building blocks are simple, promote tactile, visual, visuospatial and visuoconstructive sensory stimulation, and are easily accessible to therapists and parents [13][14][15] .…”

“…The engineer is responsible for describing the instructions; the supplier is in charge of finding the right parts; and the builder places the parts in their correct places. The therapeutic process is initiated with this division of labor, where the individuals interact with each other, work together, activate functions, such as perception, attention, memory, language, and executive functions, and overallperform functions that are compromised in ASD [13][14][15][16][17][18] .…”

“…These rules are the key to establishing self-regulation and selfcontrol. Subjects who do not engage in verbal communication will not participate in groups until they have the ability to understand the rules and the appropriate behavior [13][14][15][16][17][18] .…”