Lego Therapy Essay

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Social interactions are another area of focus of LEGO therapy (2004). Social interaction comes naturally to those who do not have social communication deficits. Observing and imitating at an early age enables one to gain the social skills required in basic everyday interaction, as well as allowing one to gain confidence when socialising (Densmore et al., 2007). However, children with autism may lack in social interactions. Autistic children may require additional assistance in social interactions as they have difficulty in things such as: forming peer relationships, group play, maintaining eye contact, sharing, use of body language, use of facial expressions, participating in imaginative role play and much more; these skills are the fundamental base of effective social interactions (Gammeltoft and Nordenhof, 2007). Lack of social skills and communication skills overlap one another, having a “knock on” or “dominos” effect thus it is important that children with autism are supported in the development of these areas. …show more content…

One of the ways in which it does so is by engaging in freestyle building. Baseline data is initially collected by observation of the participant while they engage in freestyle building. This allows for the therapist to obtain an understanding of the functional ability of the participant and then what they need to work towards. Before going into group sessions, the participant may be asked to observe what peers within the group do and how their peers interact with others. By doing so, the participant will learn to imitate emotions and behaviours of peers and the therapist (LeGoff et al.,

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