https://padlet.com/emmamayroche/65wdgh62mqc6 Over the summer I did some volunteer work with the organisation Bricks 4 Kids. The organisation runs summer and mid-term camps that allow children to work with Lego. Through building with Lego children develop a number of skills such as socialisation skills, fine motor skills and creative skills. While on my placement an occupational therapist visited the school. The occupational therapist made the recommendation of bringing Lego therapy into the classroom. From my volunteer work I realised the great benefits of Lego therapy. I spoke with the class teacher Ms. Mynes and explained that I had volunteered in Bricks 4 Kids and would love to leader a Lego therapy lesson with the students in the junior autism class. I was excited to lead the way in a Lego therapy lesson however I was nervous the students may not enjoy the lesson as it is not what the students are used to which is free play with Lego. Students with Autism often enjoy structure, I feared I might be disrupting their routine as Lego therapy had yet to be on their school timetable. I prepared myself that students may display challenging behaviour as a result of this. As the school day is short and time is precious, I thought it would be a good idea for me to incorporate a topic Ms. Mynes was covering that week into the Lego therapy lesson. As this could act as a form of revision for the students. In that week's S.E.S.E. lesson Ms. Mynes looked at the topic of housing from the subject of geography. The students got excited by the idea of working with Lego and rushed to playing with the Lego blocks as they would in free play. While I explained that we would be building and communicating as we build about what we were adding on to our houses one of the students seemed distressed as he repeatedly asked can we play with the Lego. However, I feel by being honest and communicating to the student the plan for the lesson that I would be explaining and modeling for a few minutes and then we can build it calmed the student. The student seemed to become frustrated while I was modeling the lesson and began swinging back and forth non his chair I offered the student the sensory floor mat to keep the student calm and to relax his swinging as it may have distracted the other students. This technique worked and the student listened to the rest of my modeling at the beginning of the lesson and had a successful Lego therapy lesson. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed leading the Lego therapy lesson as I could tell the students were interested in the in what we were doing. en-us 2019-02-10 08:53:31 UTC 2025-10-07 23:33:59 UTC hello@padlet.com emmamayroche https://padlet.com/emmamayroche/65wdgh62mqc6/wish/329570287 2019-02-10 08:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emmamayroche/65wdgh62mqc6/wish/329570287