Foggyrock
Beta
"When autism is your mountain, you will never have to climb alone"
Feel free to browse around and get to know Foggyrock. However, you will need to login/register in order to fully participate

FoggyRock Blog
LEGO'S AS AUTISM THERAPY Posted By: AWETISM
Posted On: 03/23/2008
** Doctor Uses Legos as Autism Therapy **
.
< http://www.redorbit.com/news/display/?id=1304696 >
Oh how my boy's love Lego's
We have been to Legoland twice in
San Diego, Ca.
Tags:  Lego's Therapy ???
       
AIsForAutism wrote this reply on 03/24/2008
What an interesting article. I definitely agree that if a child has a passion (for example Legos, trains, dinosaurs, Disney princesses, etc.) utilize that passion to create learning experiences that utilize their passions. I love Legoland too. We used to live on Camp Pendleton and had annual passes. It's so clean and many times we had the park to ourselves!Thanks for sharing the article.

djsm wrote this reply on 03/24/2008
My son LOVES Legos. He gets a new set for birthdays, holidays and rewards. He can put together pretty complicated sets without much effort. It was interesting that the doctor noticed that many autistic children would ignore a room full of toys and usually go straight to the legos. My son definitely falls into that group.

4muskateers wrote this reply on 03/25/2008
we have been using leggo's for a while now. We bought the grid that is clear plastic and place it on top of the picture Julian will be making and he has to look in the bin for the right colors and then place them on the grid. when finished we lift it up and he sees is work completed.

4muskateers wrote this reply on 03/25/2008
Great for hand eye co-ordination and very fine motor skills, and even applying pressure. The removal of the pieces works the same only backwards.

View Reply:


Our Supporters