Collaborative Play with LEGO For Children With ASD & ADHD (P)
Collaborative Play with LEGO For Children With ASD & ADHD (P)
DATE: Tuesday, 25 October 2022
TIME: 7pm - 8pm
VENUE: Online Via Zoom
Collaborative Play with LEGO for Children with ASD & ADHD
Date: Tuesday 25th October
Time: 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
Online Webinar
Collaborative Play, using Lego, is an effective form of therapy for children with a wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties including depression, anxiety, aggression and social issues. Children use play as a form of communication in everyday life. In Collaborative Play children use play to express themselves. Children enter into a dynamic relationship with the play facilitator, i.e. the teacher, which enables them to express, explore and make sense of areas such as turn-taking, sharing and eye contact.
Many child psychiatrists and psychologists believe that therapeutic play is an integral way to teach social skills, calm anxiety, and improve self-esteem in children with ASD/ADHD and related neurobiological conditions.
Play is a child’s natural way of recovering from daily emotional upheavals. Many children best express and challenge themselves through play. Using games and activities to encourage growth and a sense of wellbeing is the cornerstone of therapeutic play. Learn how you can teach valuable life skills to children of all ages with these recommended Lego sets and games.
The purpose of this course is to pique your interest in the process of setting up a Collaborative Play group in your classroom and/or a room in the school. On this course you will learn lots of interesting things about Lego and its therapeutic nature, but you will also specifically learn about Collaborative Lego set building; Freestyle building; Brick Club Rules; Brick Club Points; Brick Club Levels and Certificates; and The Role of the Adult Facilitator, to name but a few. These skills will enable you to set up your own Lego Club, whether in school or after school and it will give you the confidence to run the club just the way it should. Throughout the course there are photos and short video clips from an Irish Primary School which showcase a very successful Lego therapy club and these will set you on the right path to happy pupils, happy parents and happy staff!
Facilitator Bio
Edmond Scannell is a teacher with over 24 years of teaching both Mainstream and Special Needs. He is a Certified eTutor with Flúirse and a FRIENDS Youth Resilience accredited facilitator with NEPS.
Course Properties
Course date |
25-10-2022 7:00 pm |
End Date |
25-10-2022 8:00 pm |
Capacity |
500 |
Fee |
Free |
Tutor - Speaker |
Edmond Scannell |
Select Hours |
1 |
Location |
Online via Zoom |