Lessons learnt about implementing LEGO based therapy (Play Brick Therapy) based on fidelity data and experience from a large school-based randomised controlled trial

Katie Biggs; Gina Gomez de la Cuesta; Ellen Kingsley; Jean McPherson; Fergus Murray; Margaret Laurie; Matt Bursnall; Elizabeth Coates; Amy Barr

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0336952

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Lessons learnt about implementing LEGO based therapy (Play Brick Therapy) based on fidelity data and experience from a large school-based randomised controlled trial

Katie Biggs ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: c.e.biggs@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliation Clinical Trials Research Unit, Division of Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-7417

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Gina Gomez de la Cuesta,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Play Included C.I.C, Cambridge, United Kingdom, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Ellen Kingsley,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Child Oriented Mental Health Innovation Collaborative, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, York, United Kingdom
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Jean McPherson,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Play Included C.I.C, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Fergus Murray,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Margaret Laurie,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Play Included C.I.C, Cambridge, United Kingdom, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6774-6830

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Matt Bursnall,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Trials Research Unit, Division of Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Coates,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Trials Research Unit, Division of Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Amy Barr

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Trials Research Unit, Division of Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Lessons learnt about implementing LEGO based therapy (Play Brick Therapy) based on fidelity data and experience from a large school-based randomised controlled trial

Katie Biggs,
Gina Gomez de la Cuesta,
Ellen Kingsley,
Jean McPherson,
Fergus Murray,
Margaret Laurie,
Matt Bursnall,
Elizabeth Coates,
Amy Barr

Published: February 4, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336952

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