Graduate educators and technology industry leaders identify similar skills for successful graduate students and employees: to learn independently, to take risks without fear of failure, to work in diverse groups towards a common goal, self-reflection and metacognition, and to design a learning and/or project strategy and follow through. Play Included, a Community Interest Company in Cambridge, UK., has developed the Brick-by-Brick® Program, a collaborative LEGO building experience, to foster these skills in neurodivergent youths and neurotypical peers through "Brick Clubs". Through Carnegie Mellon University's Project Baseplate, we will present the implementation and preliminary assessment findings from the first college course designed along the principles of this program, held at Chatham University, with the goal of developing these skills in undergraduate students. By collaboratively navigating and narrating LEGO build challenges, we propose that students will develop resiliency, a sense of ownership, accomplishment, and self-efficacy in a play-based environment.
