About Dr. Daniel LeGoff, Pioneer of LEGO®-Based Therapy

Canadian-born licensed pediatric neuropsychologist and pioneer of LEGO®-Based Therapy, Dr. Daniel LeGoff, is currently a supervisor and consultant based in Pompano Beach, Florida. He is best known for his work on improving social development using collaborative LEGO® activities. He developed this model to meet the needs of a growing population of children and adolescents who had social learning difficulties, and who did not appear to be improving with standard forms of psychotherapy or behavioral interventions.

After publishing the initial studies on this method, Dr. LeGoff collaborated with colleagues in the US and UK to write a treatment manual, and since then this approach has been adopted in over 50 countries. He has written two books on LEGO®-based therapy: (i) LEGO®-Based Therapy: How to build social competence through LEGO®-based Clubs for children with autism and related conditions and (ii) How LEGO®-Based Therapy for Autism Works: Landing on My Planet

Programme Description

This introductory-level training will involve two modules:

A morning didactic session focused on:

• Understanding the population of individuals who may benefit from LEGO®-based Therapy;

• The history and research that led up to the development of the method;

• An overview of LEGO®-based Therapy, including specific guidelines about how to set up and run group sessions;

• Assess outcomes.

An afternoon hands-on learning and demonstration session focused on:

• The details of running a LEGO®-Based Therapy session;

• Organizing and implementing LEGO® activities;

• Providing therapeutic interventions targeting socially-relevant behaviors and skills.