Children’s Services

What is Lego Therapy?

Lego-based Therapy is a social development program which uses Lego® Blocks as part of a group-based activity, aimed at improving and developing the social and communication skills of children. Incorporating play and interests into the development of skills encourages children to be much more engaged, and, ensure they reap greater benefit from the learning they are accessing.

Who is Lego Therapy for?

Lego-based therapy is largely used with children who are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), though they are not the only children who will benefit from this type of therapy. Lego Therapy has shown evidence-based results in children aged 4-16 with difficulties such as; anxiety, social adjustment difficulties (abuse/neglect/trauma), social isolation, physical/sensory difficulties, ADHD, Down’s Syndrome and neurotypical children.

If you are unsure whether your child would benefit from Lego Therapy, get in touch and we can discuss your options.

What are the benefits?

Lego-based therapy aims to develop and improve a multitude of skills that are important for children to use, right into adolescence and adulthood. Some of these skills include; language, fine motor, communication, cognitive functioning, emotional regulation, and social skills. This is just a handful, however, Lego-based Therapy can be applied to, and adapted to assist with the development of many more skills.

What happens in a Lego Therapy session?

Each child will take the role of either the engineer, the supplier, or the builder. Following Lego-based Therapy, there are 4 stages, progressing to more complex build at each stage, once all children are ready. During sessions, children will work as a team, within their different job roles, to create a different model each week.

The sessions are very relaxed, and there is no pressure for the children to complete the build - if the blocks are only out for 5 minutes, this is great. We want children to feel happy and calm in the environment, as we understand attending a new setting and meeting new people can be very nerve-wracking.

As we will also be running from a purpose-built sensory room, children will also have the opportunity to access sensory regulation opportunities, should they need to, and as sensory integration specialists, we can support them with this.

Do I need to stay with them/can I stay with them?

We are currently only offering Lego Therapy sessions within school settings, unless parents have a pre-determined group of 3 children that they would like to bring to our setting, in Great Harwood.