THE PHENOMENON OF
Lego based therapy! ®
LET ME START BY SAYING THAT THERE IS PERHAPS NO SIMPLER TOY THAN A SINGLE AND HUMBLE LEGO® BRICK. THIS GENIUS INVENTION INSPIRES MILLIONS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS ACROSS THE WORLD
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love Lego®! Who doesn’t? Right?! In my career as the Lego® – Based Therapy Facilitator, I had only two children that did not like playing with Lego®, but they were converted by me through their strong interests in Minecraft Game and superheroes! Lego building bricks are well known worldwide and more than likely you had a chance to build everything out of Lego bricks. Children and adults love and build Lego projects at home on their own, with their family members, in a social group, at school, or in a community setting.
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WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM LEGO® BASED THERAPY AND HOW PLAY THERAPY CAN HELP? You may have heard some of the many true stories about Lego® Based Therapy (LBT) and how people are using it to develop creative, ground-breaking ways to educate and support children, young adults, families, adults, and elderly people. We know that Lego® – Based Therapy can play a central role in changing people’s lives for the better. It has applications in the fields of education, special educational needs
and disability, social care, mental health and more. It is all down to the benefits of real play: time spent away from TV and computer screens – quality time that we can spend socialising, solving problems, being active, curious, and creative. It is an opportunity for real engagement with people, which makes it a wonderful tool for teachers, learning support assistants and learning mentors, play therapists, counsellors, speech and language therapists, social care workers, occupational therapists, etc.
