Jim KwikFounder, Kwik Brain · Brain Coach

Have your heard of LEGO therapy?

5 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, Jim Kwik describes how LEGO has progressed from a simple toy to a therapeutic tool for children with autism and communication challenges. He outlines that LEGO therapy serves as a development program that teaches core social skills—such as sharing, turn‑taking, and eye contact—while simultaneously providing a structured environment to practice executive functions like attention, working memory, and self‑regulation. Kwik emphasizes that the cognitive and social competencies cultivated during LEGO sessions can transfer to everyday life, enhancing problem‑solving, planning, flexible thinking, and adaptive behavior beyond the therapy setting.

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LEGO has evolved past simple entertainment and is now also used as a form of therapy for autism. The therapy has grown into a development program for children with communication difficulties and helps to teach social skills like sharing, turn-taking, and making eye contact. LEGO therapy also provides opportunities to practice and improve executive functions like our attention, like our working memory, and self-regulation. The cognitive skills developed through Lego therapy has the potential to materialize beyond the therapy sessions. As individuals practice problem-solving, planning, social interaction, they can transfer these skills to other real-life situations and support the development of flexible thinking and adaptive behaviors.