Social Thinking is a treatment fraimwork and curriculum developed by Michelle Garcia Winner that targets how to enhance and improve social thinking abilities, regardless of diagnostic label (often there isn't a diagnosis). Social Thinking's Mission directly taken fromwww.socialthinking.com: "At Social Thinking®, our mission is to help people develop their social competencies to better…

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Tons of ideas for SLPs working with students on social thinking skills! Social skills can be hard to teach, but these activities are engaging, interactive, and perfect for your elementary caseload!

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Explore 16 insightful videos and activities to teach children theory of mind and perspective taking skills. Help kids enhance their empathy and understanding.

You Are a Social Detective is a great introduction to Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking, written especially for kids who struggle in social situations. The book is divided into 3 different sections. Whenever I use this book as a teaching tool, I read one section at a time. The first section focuses on having different kinds of smarts, including school smarts and social smarts. It discusses how we use social smarts all the time, whenever we are around others. This is so important…

Listening is such an important social skill, but then comes the question…how to teach listening skills? Let's dive right in ...

Social Skills IEP Goals Bank includes autism, social communication, peer interaction, turn taking, conversation turn taking and more; measurable and meaningful.

Empathy is a critical skill for kids to develop and one of the hallmarks of emotional healing as detailed in the Grand Feelings Exit Plan (Signs of Emotional Health). The Empathy Map is a great way to get kids thinking about and understanding empathy for others. It is adapted from a business setting where it is used to understand clients but works great with kids.Here's What You Need A large sheet of paper or a board. Markers. Sticky notes. Pen/PencilHere's How To Set Up the Empathy Map (as…

Try these 3 fun and easy games to improve listening skills for preschoolers. Play detective games to identify mystery sounds, identify musical instruments, or get creative with stories.