Construction Club - LEGO Based Group Therapy
LANGUAGE & SOCIAL COMMUNICATION GROUPS
Supporting young people to COMMUNICATE, COLLABORATE and CONNECT through team LEGO® building
Construction Club is more than building bricks—it's about learning communication skills, boosting confidence, and developing essential social skills in a supportive and inclusive environment.
Who is it for?
Young people aged 4-18 who may need support with:
social communication e.g. negotiation, perspective-taking, sharing
language e.g. following instructions, formulating sentences, increasing vocabulary
building friendships with like-minded peers
self-advocacy and confidence
Additional Benefits
building fine motor skills
embracing communication differences
sensory & visual supports
strategies to support your child at home
opportunities for parents/carers to connect through our community
Lego Based Therapy starts off with structured roles: the Engineer, the Supplier and the Builder
How Does It work?
After an individual assessment session , each child is carefully matched into a group of 2-4 young people, facilitated by a Speech Pathologist.
The program starts with structured role-based team building, and progresses into developing high level language and collaboration skills alongside exciting and more complex LEGO® creations.
What does the evidence say?
Transference to Other Settings: Some studies suggest that the social and communication skills learned during Lego-based therapy can generalise to other settings, such as the home or school, though this might depend on the frequency and consistency of the therapy.
Research:
LeGoff et al. (2014) found that children who participated in Lego-based therapy were able to transfer the skills they learned to other environments, showing improvements in social interactions at school and at home.
locations - Melbourne
Term based programs currently run on Tuesday afternoons at Castlefield Community Centre Hampton, Thursday afternoons at Bentleigh East.
July School Holiday Program will be run at Hughesdale Primary School.
Cost
Initial 1:1 assessment $193.99 (plus travel fee) is required for new registrants to be able to effectively place your child in the right group.
The term based 8-week group costs $130 per session per child ($1040 total). This fee is inclusive of the 1-hour groups plus individual admin time per child each week.
School holiday programs run as a 4 day block, each session will be 1.5 hours running from 10:15-11:45am. Cost of the holiday program is $600 for 4 days ($150 per session), not including new comer initial assessment.
NDIS funding approved for self managed and plan managed clients.
Who Runs the Clubs?
Helen Eldershaw and Bec Taylor are two passionate Speech Pathologists with 20 years experience between them including extensive training in LEGO®-based therapy . They strongly support the neuro-diversity affirming movement, and believe using strength based learning in Construction Club, with real time peers, is an extremely effective and cost efficient method of therapy.
Helen (L) and Bec (R) - Speech Pathologists for Construction Club
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