The Lego Club + is an 8-week social skills development program for kids aged 7-11 and 12-14. Here, your child will learn how to make and keep friends, play with others, problem solve, manage frustrations, and manage anxieties… all while having a blast playing with Lego. How cool is that?! Way more than just fun, this is in an empirically-supported social skills development program, too.
Using a play-based approach, participants will be provided social skills coaching and learning opportunities in a natural play environment.
This program has the potential to be effective and worthwhile for all children who struggle with social skills development. It’s ideal for children who are impacted by:
- ASD (including Aspergers)
- ADHD
- Pragmatic Communication Disorder
- Non-Verbal Learning Disability
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Oppositional Defiance Disorder
- Learning Disabilities
- Social anxiety and shyness
- Difficulty controlling frustrations or emotions
- Motor Disorders such as Developmental Co-ordination Disorder and Tourettes
- Difficulty regulating “personal space”
- Difficulty reading social cues and/or body language
- Difficulty accepting feedback or direction from others
- Difficulty managing conflict
- Difficulty knowing what (or what not) to say
- And any other social-based need that arises
The Lego Club + is a program developed and researched by the Center for Neurological and Neurodevelopmental Health (CNNH). Please feel free to read some of their research on Lego-Based social skill development here:
- Long-term outcome of social skills intervention based on interactive LEGO© play – by Daniel B. Legoff and Michael Sherman
- LEGO® Therapy and the Social Use of Language Programme: An Evaluation of Two Social Skills Interventions for Children with High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome – Gina Owens, Yael Granader, Ayla Humphrey and Simon Baron-Cohen
Our Lego Club + programs accept a maximum of 9 participants per session, with facilitator ratios between 1:3 and 2:9 (depending on group needs). We strive to arrange for the most effective complement of group participants. For this reason, we ask prospective participants to complete a group registration form in advance to allow us to co-ordinate the most effective group dynamic each session.
Groups operate on an 8-week semester.
Groups run for 75 minutes, once per week (except for holidays and holiday weekends).
Cost for 8-week session is $199 +HST. Receipts may be eligible for tax deductions under the categories of “medical expenses,” “Children’s Arts Tax Credit,” and under extended health care insurance plans under the category of “Registered Psychologist” or “Registered Psychotherapist.” Please ask us about using your extended health insurance.
For upcoming sessions, please check out our event calendar