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How to Use Social Thinking Materials to Teach Ages 11–22

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Michelle Garcia Winner

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As students shift into their tween, teen, and young adult years, they experience increasingly complex social situations and academic curricula that require more nuanced social understanding, fine-tuned critical thinking, and stronger executive functioning, etc. In this webinar, Michelle Garcia Winner, the founder of Social Thinking, will provide valuable teaching tips and delve into the scope and sequence of using materials and strategies for teaching social competencies found in the Social Thinking Methodology. The materials are helpful for students with social learning differences and/or challenges (pragmatic language, ADHD, autism spectrum levels 1 and 2, etc.) or those with no diagnosis who struggle with the rapidly increasing demands of social interpretation and related social skills. Some of the materials include Socially Curious and Curiously Social, Social Fortune or Social Fate, Social Thinking and Me, and more. Join us for tips on how to teach this age group using our products.

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