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

• Autore: Ralph Dawn
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (151 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 371.94
• Soggetto topico: Autistic children - Education; Autistic children - Language; LEGO toys; Communicative disorders in children
• Altri autori: Gómez De La CuestaGina RochesterJacqui
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Building language using Lego® bricks
• ISBN: 9781784503178 (e-book); 9781785920615 (pbk.)
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811942903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II