Social Thinking reached out and asked me to develop a Zones of Regulation Bulletin Board that they could present at their 10th Annual Social Thinking Conference this year. The Zones of Regulation: A Curriculum Designed to Foster Self-Regulation and Emotional Control written and created by Leah Kuypers (2011) and selected lessons by Michelle Garcia Winner.©2011 Social Thinking … Continue reading
Social Behavior Mapping: Connecting Behavior, Emotions and Consequences Across the Day written by Michelle Garcia Winner, SLP ©2007 Think Social Publishing, Inc. All Right Reserved. Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME written by Michelle Garcia Winner, SLP ©2007 Think Social Publishing, Inc. All Right Reserved. When we work hard at learning to change a behavior, … Continue reading
Since behavior in an Autism Classroom is often unpredictable, I have created an All-in-One Behavior Tool Folder that addresses all behavioral needs using a variety of visuals on one file folder! . Clipart is from Educlips Design. Continue reading
Inside Out: What Makes a Person with Social Cognitive Deficits Tick?written by Michelle Garcia Winner, SLP ©2000 Think Social Publishing, Inc. All Right Reserved. www.socialthinking.com Click on the link for more information on Michelle Garcia Winner’s amazing book. Book Link Below are some visuals based on Michelle Garcia Winner’s Book, Inside Out: What Makes a Person … Continue reading
Social Thinking is a treatment framework 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 … Continue reading
Here are some Behavior Management strategies that I have found successful over the years with a wide variety of students. Hopefully you will find them as successful for you as well! There is no one-size fits all when it comes to special education classroom behavior management strategies. Behavior interventions can be preventive … Continue reading
Kids with Autism often struggle in the area of Executive Functioning or “Organized Thinking.” Our kids can be very “smart” and have a cognitive black hole with regards to intuitively learning organized thinking and related skills spontaneously. Organized Thinking for our kids is about … Continue reading
Behavior Management is key to helping a student become successful at school and in the community. Developing consistency for a student within the Middle and High School level is often a struggle in itself! As you know, most teachers and paraprofessionals have different philosophies and teaching approaches which makes for inconsistency and a lack of structure … Continue reading
Helping my students to understand the importance of using fidgets appropriately and utilizing their strategies to help calm themselves down. A Quick Social Story Reminder for Calming Down Quick Visual Reminder that is placed about their Fidget Bin (My students want to grab ALL the fidgets and/or sit by the bin and play with them) … Continue reading
The following is based on the book: Think Social! A Social Thinking Curriculum for School-Age Students written by Michelle Garcia Winners, SLP ©2008 Think Social Publishing, Inc. All Right Reserved. www.socialthinking.com Nonverbal Communication is a HUGE area of difficulty for my high school students who have high-functioning Autism/Aspergers. This unit really worked on having the students analyze … Continue reading
These are so some social stories for my Early Childhood Kiddos with Autism who struggles with sharing, staying on-task and seated during undesired activities, conversation skills, and overall social skills. This is a specific social story for my student who struggles with sharing and taking turns. He reads his story before “center time” and when … Continue reading
My High School kiddos with Autism & Asperger’s Syndrome require extra visual supports and reminders of expected behaviors and social skills. For a student that wanders For a student that is always shouting based on the Incredible 5-Point Scale written by Kari Dunn Buron and Mitzi Curtis,©2012. All Right Reserved. 5 Point Scale Website For a student that needs … Continue reading
This Making Inferences Unit is part of the Social Thinking framework. This section is based on the book below: Think Social! A Social Thinking Curriculum for School-Age Students written by Michelle Garcia Winners, SLP ©2008 Think Social Publishing, Inc. All Right Reserved. www.socialthinking.com This lesson was developed to help my students use their eyes to find social clues (facts) that … Continue reading
This Expected and Unexpected Behaviors Unit is based off of the Book: Social Behavior Mapping: Connecting Behavior, Emotions and Consequences Across the Day written by Michelle Garcia Winner, SLP ©2007 Think Social Publishing, Inc. All Right Reserved. www.socialthinking.com I believe it is important to not just teach my students HOW to behave socially but to have them … Continue reading
Nonverbal Communication is a HUGE area of difficulty for my high school students who have high-functioning Autism/Aspergers. This unit was created by fading visual cues/supports throughout the lessons to promote independent mastery of recognizing non-verbal communication and understanding how to respond and how they come across to others. The following is based on the book: Think Social! … Continue reading
