Lego helps children with mental disabilities improve social skills
EDMONTON – It’s a popular toy almost every person played with as a child, but a local program has proven Lego can also be a very beneficial therapy tool for children who live with mental health issues.
“I just say ‘we go to Lego so we can have the building blocks to give you the building blocks,’” said Chris Parlee, whose twin boys are enrolled in the Lego-Social Skills Group in St. Albert.
Tyler and Tyson Burns have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Parlee says her sons don’t follow rules well, and she was looking for a therapy program for them that wasn’t too structured, but just structured enough that they could learn basic social skills like sharing.
“They need to have slower-paced, simple instruction,” Parlee explained. “The Lego gives them that.”
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