Ready to make a real impact? Begin your training with the engaging, self-paced on-line Certified Facilitator course and unlock the power of the Brick-by-Brick® program! Led by Dr. Gina Gomez de la Cuesta and Dr. Elinor Brett, this course is packed with expert-led videos, interactive examples, quizzes, and fun activities to guide you every step of the way.

What You’ll Learn:

• Brick-by-Brick® Program Overview: Understand the foundations of LEGO® brick-based therapy.
• Autism and Neurodiversity: Gain insights directly from autistic consultants to better support neurodiverse children.
• Learning Through Play: Discover how to nurture social and emotional development, with expert advice from the LEGO Foundation.
• Theoretical Background: Dive into the evidence-based methods behind the Brick-by-Brick® approach.
• Running Brick Clubs: Learn practical, hands-on strategies to facilitate Brick Clubs for children with diverse needs.
• Playful Facilitation: Master techniques to spark meaningful social interactions in your Brick Clubs.

Why Choose This Course?

Training is suitable for qualified allied health, education and care professionals, including psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, teachers, social workers, counsellors, play therapists and other mental health professionals. See further requirements below.

When you enroll, you’ll join a vibrant community of facilitators from around the world, get exclusive access to helpful resources, and participate in regular drop-in sessions with the Play Included® experts. Once you have completed the training you can list your profile on the Register of Practitioners.

What investment is needed?

Your investment in becoming a Certified Facilitator through Brick Therapy Matters and Play Included® is:

If Paid for in Sticky Tickest $450+GST + $10.50 Sticky Ticket's Booking Fee

If Booked for in Sticky Tickets and an invoice requireds $450 + GST 

Both always include a one year Play Included® membership* that then you can elect to renew annually at the cost of $110. 

The time needed to complete the e-learning training is 6-8 hours. Once registered, you have 12 weeks to complete the course.

Once you have completed the online training (and independently gathered your preferred LEGO® bricks) you will have everything you need to start running Brick Clubs through your membership on the Play Included® portal:

• Use the high-quality resources available on the portal to support your Brick Clubs together with the toolkit to help you communicate and promote your Brick Clubs.
• Become a member of the worldwide Facilitator Community and access monthly drop-in sessions with a training expert.
• Add yourself to the Register of Practitioners and list your Brick Clubs in the portal, available by the end of the year
• Get ready to use a monitoring tool currently under development (expected by end of the year). This tool will enable you to track the progress of children in your Brick Clubs and share the information with parents.

Our courses have multiple dates available via Sticky Tickets but once you book and pay, you can start the on-line learning at any time after receiving your course enrolment link. You then have 12 weeks to complete the course.  Alternatively, you can book training through our website https://therapymatters.com.au/services/brick-based... by clicking the button labelled BOOK CERTIFIED FACILITATOR TRAINING HERE. Our Australian Launch Special of 30% off can be booked through our website up until the 14th February. It is not available through our Sticky Tickets booking platform. 

Please note ... When purchasing your ticket through Sticky Tickets, please note that the session times shown on the platform are system‑generated placeholders only. Sticky Tickets requires event listings to display specific dates and times, but these do not reflect the actual training schedule for on-line learning

Your course enrolment link will be emailed to you up to  48 hours after the enrolment date you selected at checkout. The displayed time ranges (e.g., 9:00am – 5pm) are not applicable to this course.

All students receive three months of unlimited access to the online learning portal, available 24/7. This three‑month period begins once we activate your enrolment—this occurs up to 48 hours after your selected enrolment date, at which point you will receive your login details. 

Who can be a Certified Facilitator?

Our Brick-by-Brick® training is perfect for anyone qualified as a health, education or care professionals who’s excited about using LEGO® play to make a difference. If you’re ready to run Brick Clubs and bring kids together through the power of play, this training is for you!

A Few Simple Requirements for Leading Brick Clubs:

• Qualified. We welcome health, education and care professionals with the appropriate credentials and relevant child safety checks.
• Part of a Team. You’ll need to run Brick Clubs within a recognised organisation, like a school, learning centre, or healthcare provider—any place that’s set up to provide support and has its own complaints and safeguarding policies.
• Playing by the Rules. We ask that you follow the Australian National Standards for Child Safe Organisations as well as Play Included® Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct, Play Included® Privacy Policy, Therapy Matters Privacy Policy and the LEGO Foundation’s Safeguarding policy. Keeping everyone safe and supported is our top priority!

Let’s get building and make a real difference—brick by brick!

 *Play Included® Membership includes: online drop-in sessions with Play Included® training experts; access to a portal of high-quality resources; connect with other like-minded professionals through the Facilitator Community of Practice and receive a listing on the Register of Facilitators. After your first 12 months, you can continue your membership with an annual subscription. You can cancel your Play Included® Membership renewal at any time in your Play Included® portal. Upon receipt of your payment, Therapy Matters will register your name and email address on the Play Included® training portal. You can expect to receive your Training Invitation email within 3 working days.