Another successful event! Thirty nationally recognized therapists, physicians and educators presented the latest innovative strategies for using Social Thinking treatment methods for Asperger syndrome, high-functioning autism, ADHD, nonverbal learning disorders (NLD), PDD-NOS and similar social and communication challenges

Michelle Garcia Winner will present two days on treatment and instructional approach for high-functioning autism, Asperger's, NLD, ADHD and more!

Space is filling but you can still register now with early and group discounts! These workshops offer practical approaches that break down abstract concepts into more concretely defined teachable moments. If you are looking for an overview of Social Thinking, or are entirely new to it, these workshops offer a great way to learn the core concepts for your setting, whether it's a school, home or therapy room! Registrations are first-come, first-serve so please register soon if you are interested in these workshops.

October 13, 2010
Social Thinking Across The Home and School Day: The ILAUGH Model of Social Cognition

• Learn methods to better understand the inner minds of your students and why they react the way they do
• Gain insight on related treatment strategies to address specific needs
• Explore the ILAUGH model of Social Cognition to understand how social-processing difficulties affect not only social skills but also the ability to work as part of a group and focus on a range of academic tasks.
• Address the writing of IEP goals that lead to real, albeit slow, improvements
• Learn teaching management strategies - from blurting to boredom

October 14, 2010
Informal Dynamic Social Thinking Assessment and Core Treatment Strategies for Home and School

• Gain specific knowledge about what professionals and parents alike have called an "eye-opening" informal procedure for assessing a student's social-cognitive abilities and limitations
• From these insights, learn how to build specific treatment strategies and capture teaching opportunities
• Learn teaching techniques to help students better understand their own educational program and why this helps
• Explore Social Behavior Mapping to help explain to students how their behaviors go from affecting others to affecting themselves
• Examine the basic concepts for running Social Thinking groups

Register Now - for purchase orders, fax to 408-557-8594

 Registration re-opened but we have few spaces left! We apologize about website errors yesterday!

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Michelle was recently interviewed by GreatSchools, a nonprofit organization focused on school performance, for an article on the Massachusetts law requiring that IEP teams consider and address the social skills needs of children on the spectrum. Click here to read the article.

These workshops offer in-depth, practical strategies for addressing higher-functioning students' social-cognitive problems and related academic issues, including written expression, reading comprehension and organization. We will explore how to write IEP goals that can lead to (often slow) improvements in social responsiveness and models to both assess and address specific deficits in the ability to accommodate the perspectives of others, a skill crucial to all interpersonal relationships. All registrations are processed first-come, first-served so please register soon if you'd like to attend these workshops.

October 25, 2010
Social Thinking Across The Home and School Day: The ILAUGH Model of Social Cognition

• Examine ways to better understand the inner minds of your students and why they react the way they do
• Learn related treatment strategies
• Explore the ILAUGH model of Social Cognition that helps to reveal how social-processing difficulties affect not only social skills but also the ability to work as part of a group and focus on a range of academic tasks.
• Address the writing of IEP goals that lead to real, albeit slow, improvements
• Examine the problems with using only standardized tests to qualify these students

October 26, 2010
Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME

• Explore functional educational strategies that facilitate growth in the social thinking of students who function higher on the autism spectrum or who have similar diagnosed or undiagnosed social challenges
• Learn how the Social Thinking model of “perspective-taking” makes Theory of Mind practical for treating students
• Understand your own ability to take the perspectives of others and why this is important for all interpersonal relationships
• Learn a four-step model for developing the thinking required for developing social and communication skills in students

Adolescents and young adults with Asperger's, ADHD, high-functioning autism, NLD and similar need realistic transition strategies

Michelle Garcia Winner will present new workshops in Portland on this topic: how to develop transition plans, social-emotional problem-solving skills, "I Can Do It" mindsets and many more practical strategies.

These workshops, based on Michelle's clinical experience, will present a program on the models she has used to prepare individuals with social and communication challenges (such as those experienced by individuals with higher-functioning autism, Asperger syndrome, ADHD, NLD, PDD-NOS and similar) for life as a young adult and the transition to adulthood. We will explore the specific adult problem-solving skills needed to truly function beyond classroom and home structures and meet the expectations of the workplace and the wider community.

Presented with Pam Crooke, Ph.D.
co-author of Socially Curious and Curiously Social: A Social Thinking Guidebook for Teens & Young Adults

Good Intentions Aren’t Enough: Teaching Social Thinking to Individuals Entering and Living in the Adult World

• Explore the more nuanced expectations of adulthood
• Learn strategies to help individuals develop an "I Can Do This" and "I Need to Do This" attitude
• Review ways to create realistic transition plans for life outside the school schedule
• Understand strategies, based on therapy sessions, that foster accountability, motivation, anxiety management and other life skills
• Examine the concept of “emotional compression” and how this relates to what we teach students

• Explore the social-emotional expectations active throughout the workplace
• Examine the 5 Steps to Social Thinking Psychology
• Learn about the Social Emotional Chain Effects that we all respond to 
• Review what it really means to function as an “independent adult”
• Gain insight into the complex issues parents of adults face

Continental breakfast and lunch provided!

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Addressing Asperger syndrome, high-functioning autism, NLD, ADHD, PDD-NOS and undiagnosed communication and social challenges

Accountability, self-motivation, accuracy and productivity in work - these may not be the skills you anticipated teaching your student or adult child, but they are essential to keeping a job, living in the community and functioning independently. 

The workshops specifically address the needs of individuals with social and communication challenges, including diagnoses such as Asperger's, ADHD, high-functioning autism spectrum disorders and similar, as they prepare for - or need to confront - the transition to adult responsibilities and expectations. Specific, practical strategies examine realistic transition plans, "Social-Emotional Chain Effects," and how to develop an "I Can Do It" mindset.

Now open with early and group discounts!

Good Intentions Aren’t Enough: Teaching Social Thinking to Individuals Entering and Living in the Adult World

Michelle Garcia Winner, M.A., CCC-SLP - co-presented with Pam Crooke, Ph.D.
co-author of Socially Curious and Curiously Social: A Social Thinking Guidebook for Teens & Young Adults

December 1, 2010
Young Adults and Transitioning to Adulthood

• Examine the concept of “emotional compression” and how this relates to what we teach students
• Review requirements of realistic transition plans for life outside the school schedule
• Learn practical lessons to promote accuracy, productivity and social-emotional problem solving in vocational settings
• Explore expectations of adulthood and strategies to help individuals develop an "I Can Do This" mindset
• Learn how to encourage the development of self-motivation, social-leisure networking and anxiety management skills

• Explore how we all live within social boundaries that encourage others to include us and show they value us
• Understand the 5 Steps to Social Thinking Psychology
• Gain insight into Social Emotional Chain Effects that we all respond to
• Learn about the specific skills we perceive to refer to someone as functioning independently as an adult
• Unravel the issues that parents of these adults with social-cognitive challenges face

Continental breakfast provided

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