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The first LEGO Based Therapy manual describing LEGO therapy for improving social development in autism. It was created by Dr Dan LeGoff in 2006 to support replication research of the methodology, including the initial replication study by Gina Gomez de la Cuesta (nee Owens) and Sir Simon Baron Cohen at Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre in the UK.
This book by Dr Dan LeGoff offers insights into the case histories of the participants and events which led up to the first LEGO therapy for autism groups, the LEGO based therapy model, and the start of the international LBT movement. Initially published in 2017, based on events from 1995 - 2010.
After decades of doing LBT and teaching others how to start their own groups, Dr Dan LeGoff summarizes the theory, research, and current methods of LEGO Based Therapy, significantly expanding the information in the 2014 manual. This work provides the up-to-date description of LEGO therapy for autism and neurodiverse children, adolescents and adults.
“Being Autistic is Not a Behavior Problem” is a critique of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), a widely used form of therapy for autistic children, which the author argues is not based on scientific research, developmental science, or ethical values. The book also discusses alternative methods of helping autistic children and their famili
“Being Autistic is Not a Behavior Problem” is a critique of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), a widely used form of therapy for autistic children, which the author argues is not based on scientific research, developmental science, or ethical values. The book also discusses alternative methods of helping autistic children and their families, such as parent-directed early infancy strategies and peer-based Lego Clubs. The book aims to challenge the dominant narrative of autism as a disorder that needs to be fixed, and instead promote a perspective of autism as a form of neurodiversity that deserves respect and acceptance.
The original 2014 LBT manual has been translated into Spanish (shown here), Portuguese (next image), Italian, Simplified Chinese, and Polish. The Spanish version is published by Akadia in Argentina.
This translation was done by LBT therapist and autism specialist, Michelli Miguel Freitas, through her educational consulting business, IEAC, which she runs with her husband Diogo Freitas.
