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Social Skills Information
Social Thinking® is required prior to the development of social skills. Successful
social thinkers consider the points of view, emotions, thoughts, beliefs, prior knowledge
and intentions of others (this is often called perspective-taking - considering the
perspectives of others). This is for most of us an intuitive process. We can determine
the meanings behind the messages communicated by others and how to respond to them
within milliseconds to three seconds! Social thinking occurs everywhere, when we
talk, share space, walk down the street, even when we read a novel and relate to
our pets. It is an intelligence that integrates information across home, work and
community settings - something we usually take for granted!
Read more on Michelle Winner's website
►Model Me Kids® - DVDs for ages 2-17 designed as a teaching tool for children and
adolescents with Asperger’s and other ASDs. The videos demonstrate social skills
by modeling peer behavior at school, a play date, birthday party, the playground,
library, dentist, restaurant, and more. Real children model and narrate each skill.
Michelle Garcia Winner developed social thinking for the treatment of individuals
with social-cognitive deficits: those with diagnoses such as autism, Asperger syndrome,
ADHD and nonverbal learning disorder (NLD). She first began teaching social thinking
in 1995 to brighter students when she worked as a speech-language pathologist for
a high school district. Twelve years later, she received an Award of Special Congressional
Recognition for her development and ongoing innovation of this treatment approach.
At the about the same time, the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders published
research supporting her methods for the treatment of students with Asperger syndrome
and high-functioning autism.
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