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Updated: August, 2022 © 2022 Think Social Publishing, Inc. This is pre-reading for Michelle Garcia Winner’s training on Saturday 10 December 2022. Tickets available here. “People think that if something feels easy to do, the mechanisms behind it must be simple.” -Cosmides Amazingly, young children learn to coordinate their own body and mind, as well as…
Updated: April, 2022 © 2022 Think Social Publishing, Inc. This is pre-reading for Michelle Garcia Winner’s training on Saturday 10 December 2022. Tickets available here. Years ago, an astute clinician strongly encouraged our team to explore how social learning and anxiety intersect as part of the Social Thinking® Methodology. While we realized we had been teaching…
Updated: May, 2022 © 2022 Think Social Publishing, Inc. This is pre-reading for Michelle Garcia Winner’s training on Saturday 10 December 2022. Tickets available here. Part 1- Social Perspective Taking: Our Meaning Maker What is social perspective taking and when do we use it? Social perspective taking occurs any time you share space with others, even…
Timings Timings for the “live in-person” event in Sydney and the live-stream start times are as follows: 8:30am Registration opens in Sydney Part 1 Developing Social Competencies to Influence Behaviour, Self Regulation and Social Emotional Learning 9:00am – 10:30am Workshop Commences live in Sydney (1 hour 30 minutes) Live-stream Part 1 start times (1 hour…
Course Short Description The ability to make and keep a friend is something most of us take for granted. However, when it’s hard to make a friend or a friendship dissolves into dislikes, it’s important to have metacognitively based concepts and strategies to help us engage to meet our own personal goals. In Part 2…
Course Short Description When a student’s behaviour (actions or reactions) is out of sync with what the group is doing, they’re often labeled as a “behavior problem.” This course will teach you to rethink “behavior problems” by teaching your kids/students/clients lessons that promote the development of social competencies. You will learn the power of hidden…
Social Thinking has published “Neurodiversity and the Social Thinking Methodology.” The article provides a good overview of Social Thinking’s values and practices with regard to neurodiversity. We are reproducing the article here, as it answers a lot of questions about this important topic. As an indication of our ongoing support of “neurodiversity” in our community,…
The following information and documents are brought to you by the publisher of The Zones of Regulation, Think Social Publishing Inc, and the Author of The Zones of Regulation, Leah Kuypers. Shared with permission from www.socialthinking.com and www.thezonesofregulation.com Dear Zones Community, We are honored by the continuous interest and inquiries around how to share The Zones…
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We love this post by Elizabeth Sautter and Rebecca Branstetter and reproduce it here with permission (Peter). by Elizabeth Sautter and Dr. Rebecca Branstetter | Mar 18, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Regulation, Mindfulness, Practical Strategies for Children, Self Care, Social Communication, Tips and Strategies for Adults | 25 comments “I’m scared of getting sick and I miss my friends” -5 year old “I’m scared you are going…
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Joan GreenThe Social Mind is proud to stock Joan Green’s Interactive Reading Books HERE. Joan taught special education in the Los Angeles school system for 16 years and was selected as Special Education Teacher of the Year. She served as a member of an Autism Task Force where she co-authored a certification of competency for teaching children with autism. As an educational consultant she is frequently called upon as a guest speaker for national organisations. Joan developed many teaching aids over the course of her classroom experience and makes these materials available to others through her company, Greenhouse Publications. We here at The Social Mind consider Joan’s Interactive Reading Books to be excellent resources for kids to learn how to match, identify and label specific emotions, sights, sounds and actions. |
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Karen YoungKaren Young is author of our best selling books on anxiety, identity and bravery Hey Warrior, Hey Awesome and But We’re Not Lions. Karen began her career as a psychologist in private practice. She has worked extensively with children teens and families, and in educational and organisation settings. She has lectured in and has a Masters in Gestalt Therapy. It is through her work with children, teens and families, that she learned the power of solid information when it is placed in the solid, loving hands of parents or any important person in the life of a child. We highly recommend Karen’s books for anyone with an anxious child or a kid who is learning to face the world bravely, and isn’t that all of us! A must read! Australia is home for Karen. Experience has taught Karen that people can do amazing things with the right information. Here’s just one comment received about Karen’s books: “Thank you for these amazing resources. What a gift to any family learning about what anxiety is and what amazing qualities people with anxiety have and the incredible things they can do!” |
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Dr Anna VaginAnna Vagin, PhD, is a licensed speech/language pathologist with over 25 years of experience working in the area of social cognition. Recipient of an Outstanding Achievement Award for innovative work in autism, she is the author of Movie Time Social Learning (2013) and YouCue Feelings: Using Online Videos for Social Learning (2015), and developer of the Conversation Paths Pack (2020). Anna is an outstanding speaker and The Social Mind host her speaking tours of Australia, join our mailing list and we’ll keep you posted about tour dates. |
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Kari Zweber PalmerKari Zweber Palmer is a speech-language pathologist/social-cognitive therapist at her private practice, Changing Perspectives, in Excelsior, Minnesota. She has co-authored, with Michelle Garcia Winner, Ryan Hendrix, and Nancy Tarshis, We Thinkers! Volume 1 Social Explorers and We Thinkers! Volume 2 Social Problem Solvers. Additionally, Kari consults with local school districts in the USA on implementing Social Thinking into their programming. We last hosted Kari in Australia in 2019 and look forward to her next visit. Join our mailing list to receive notifications. |
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Nancy TarshisNancy Tarshis, a speech-language pathologist and special educator with extensive experience working with children and their parents. Nancy is the co-author of We Thinkers! Volume 1 Social Explorers and We Thinkers! Volume 2 Social Problem Solvers Nancy is the Director of Early Childhood Programming at The Quad Preparatory School, which is dedicated to twice exceptional children. As Emeritus at CERC, she participates in ongoing research and lectures to paediatric fellows, medical residents, and psychology interns. Nancy conducted training in Australia on how to teach Social Thinking skills to early learners using the We Thinkers program, in 2018 and again in 2020. We hope to bring her back soon. Join our mailing list and we’ll keep you posted about tour dates. |
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Ryan HendrixRyan Hendrix is a Social Cognitive Therapist from San Francisco. She trained and works directly with Michelle Garcia Winner and Dr Pamela Crooke. She has co-authored, with Michelle Garcia Winner, Ryan Hendrix, and Nancy Tarshis, We Thinkers! Volume 1 Social Explorers and We Thinkers! Volume 2 Social Problem Solvers. Her diverse caseload experience includes preschool-age children through young adults with varying levels of social cognitive learning challenges. Ryan also helps supervise and train graduate students and clinicians in their clinical fellowship year in the USA. We last hosted Ryan in Australia in 2019 and look forward to her return. Join our mailing list and we’ll keep you posted about tour dates. |
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Dr. Ross GreeneDr Ross Greene is the New York Times bestselling author of the influential books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost and Found, and Raising Human Beings. Ross is the founder of Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS). Dr Greene’s not for profit Lives in Balance has a lot of free training resources on their website. Ross is an outstanding speaker and The Social Mind regularly host his speaking tours of Australia, join our mailing list and we’ll keep you posted about tour dates. |
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Leah KuypersLeah Kuypers is the author of the international best seller The Zones of Regulation®, a framework designed to teach self-regulation. You can view all The Zones of Regulation resources HERE. Leah earned a Bachelors of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Graduate Certificate in Autism and a Master of Arts in Education from Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. She has practiced as an OT/autism specialist in school and clinical settings, specialising in self-regulation and social learning, and has worked with students of all ages and challenges, including anxiety, ADHD, and ASD. The Social Mind is proud to regularly host Leah in Australia to conduct training workshops. Leah is a skilled and generous presenter and if you join our mailing list we’ll keep you posted about training opportunities. |
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Michelle Garcia WinnerMichelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP specialises in the treatment of individuals with social learning challenges and is the founder and CEO of Social Thinking®, a company dedicated to helping individuals from age four through adulthood, develop their social competencies to meet their personal social goals. You can find all Michelle’s resources in our Bookstore HERE. Michelle coined the term “Social Thinking” in the mid-1990s and since that time has created numerous unique treatment frameworks and curricula that help educators, clinicians, professionals of all types, and parents/family members appreciate that social capabilities are integral to a person’s success in life, socially, academically, and professionally. Michelle is an outstanding speaker and The Social Mind regularly host her speaking tours of Australia, join our mailing list and we’ll keep you posted about tour dates. |
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Dr Pamela CrookeDr Pam Crooke has co-authored, with Michelle Garcia Winner, five award-winning books related to Social Thinking: Socially Curious and Curiously Social, You Are a Social Detective, Social Fortune or Social Fate, Social Town Citizens, and their book geared to adults, Good Intentions Are Not Good Enough. Pam & Michelle collaborate on writing articles and blogs that appear on the Social Thinking USA website and in a wide array of publications. Prior to joining the Social Thinking team, Pam coordinated the Autism interdisciplinary clinical services at the Tucson Alliance for Autism, as a clinical and academic faculty member of three universities, and worked in the Arizona public schools for 15 years. Pam is a prolific speaker both in North America and beyond, giving workshops, and training staff on Social Thinking methodology. The Social Mind regularly host her speaking tours of Australia, join our mailing list and we’ll keep you posted about tour dates. |
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