Building language using Lego® bricks : a practical guide / Dawn Ralph and Jacqui Rochester ; foreword by Gina Gomez De La Cuesta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ralph, Dawn.

Contributor:

Gómez De La Cuesta, Gina.

Rochester, Jacqui.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autistic children--Education.

Autistic children.

Autistic children--Language.

LEGO toys.

Communicative disorders in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Building Language using LEGO® Bricks is a flexible and powerful intervention tool designed to aid children with severe receptive and expressive language disorders, often related to autism and other special educational needs. This practical manual equips you for setting up and adapting your own successful sessions. Downloadable resources enable you to chart progress in the following key areas: The use of receptive and expressive language; The use and understanding of challenging concepts; Joint attention; Social communication. Help children with complex needs to communicate with this unique tool, derived from the highly effective LEGO®-Based Therapy.

Contents:

1. What are Autism and Language Impairment?

2. Building Language Using LEGO® Bricks and LEGO® Therapy

3. Aims

4. Why Building Language Using LEGO® Bricks Works

5. Starting Off

6. Progressing Skills - The Role of the Facilitator

7. Guidelines for Setting Up and Running Building Language Using LEGO® Bricks Sessions

8. Measuring Outcomes

9. Examples of Cases

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Assessment Checklist

Appendix 2: Model Checklist

Appendix 3a: Symbols for Colour

Appendix 3b: Symbols for Colour (continued)

Appendix 3c: Symbols for Colour (blank template)

Appendix 4: Symbols for Shape

Appendix 5a: Symbols for Size

Appendix 5b: Symbols for Size (continued)

Appendix 6a: Symbols for Position

Appendix 6b: Symbols for Position (continued)

Appendix 7: Sequence of Concepts (form)

Appendix 8: Symbols for Questions

Appendix 9: Prompts for Repair Strategies

Appendix 10: Badges

Appendix 11: Tokens

Subject Index

Author Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781784503178 (e-book)

9781785920615 (pbk.)