The Y.A.L.E. Clinic, in partnership with the Y.A.L.E. School in Cherry Hill, will offer LEGO Clubs this spring for children with social learning disabilities, including Asperger’s Disorder, High Functioning Autism and social anxiety.
“We will be using an evidence-based approach to build social competence that began more than 15 years ago with Dr. Dan LeGoff,” said GW Krauss, the program’s director.
The LEGO Club system engages children in a naturally rewarding activity — building with LEGO while requiring
them to use and practice social skills, like turn-taking, negotiating, division of labor and collaboration, many of which
can be troublesome for children with social learning disabilities.
LEGO Therapy has been systematically evaluated in research studies which were recently replicated at Cambridge University by Gina Gomez de la Cuesta, Ph.D. and Simon Baron-Cohen, Ph.D., internationally-recognized experts in autism.
Participants should be eight to 12-years-old and enjoy building, especially with LEGO.
The club will meet on Wednesday, May 22 from 4:30 to 5:20 p.m.
The cost is $45 per session, with an initial commitment of eight sessions.
For more information, please contact Dr. GW Krauss at (856) 795–4366 ext. 3.
