Applied Behavior Analysis and Social Thinking

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Michelle Garcia Winner's Update on Social Thinking

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Social Thinking Providers Conference

Early Reg. Ends June 11!

Michelle's Blogs: "I Don't Care!"

Gifted at Home But Not in School?

Free Book Offer through June 15!

Seattle-Area Workshops

Dallas - with Carol Gray

So. San Francisco Workshops

Need More Intensive Training?


Quick Links

Up to 20% off Workshops

Superflex, Social Detective & More Books

Michelle's Blog


Social Thinking Providers Conference!
June 27-28
Santa Clara, CA
This two-day workshop will focus on the emerging concept of combining Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Social Thinking. Our speakers will present creative strategies related to teaching Social Thinking in schools and private practices, including those related to refining social behavior mapping, using more visual strategies to teach Social Thinking and learning a concrete way to teach friend files. We will have details of a creative summer program, a school that blends behaviorism with social teachings and more! Go to the website for the agenda and speaker summaries.

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A Politically Incorrect Look at Evidence-based Practices


By Michelle Garcia Winner

"A must read for all regular and special educators!"

- Kari Dunn Buron, autism specialist and author of the "5-Point Scale" books
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Superflex!

"Teachers and parents will be amazed by the power of this cartoon character."
- kindergarten teacher

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Michelle's Other Presentations
Hollywood, Florida
June 10-11, 2009

Tallahassee, Florida
June 18-19, 2009

St. Charles, Illinois
July 23-26, 2009
Autism Society of America National Conference

All Workshops Schedule




Our Social Thinking Providers Conference is right around the corner and therapists and teachers are coming from all over to present their unique spin on how to apply Social Thinking in real time. Check out the schedule! Registration is still open, but the early and group registration discounts end June 11. We are also finalizing our new, anime-illustrated book for teens and college-aged students, which will be released very soon. I've posted new blogs, including one on how to approach the dreaded "I Don't Care!" attitude that many of our kids have. The school year may be ending, but the learning continues!




Early Registration Deadline: June 11
Romance and its complexities, teaching self-regulation, motor activities and Social Thinking... these are just a few of the topics clinicians will address at this year's expanded Social Thinking Providers Conference! The conference, on June 27 and 28 in Santa Clara, CA, will focus on bridging Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Social Thinking. Breakout sessions will go deeper into specific age groups. The latest research on Social Thinking will also be presented.

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"I Don't Care!"
How many times have you heard that! From elementary school to high school, our students seem to say it a lot. In my new blog, I offer you ways to approach the thinking behind it and the teaching needed to help these kids along. Listening, and not taking it personally, are key.

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Gifted at Home But Not in School?
So many of our students can be self-directed, active learners at home, but hit the skids at school. While understandable, the social complexities of school must be faced. I've posted a blog exploring this topic.

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Free Book Offer!
Through June 15, buy Playtime with Zeebu, a DVD and puppet combination for ages 3 and up that makes social learning fun, and receive the new 40-page Zeebu activity book, EYEPOWER: Learning to Use the Power of Your Eyes, for free (regularly $6.99)! The new Zeebu program can help to start building Social Thinking "early and often!"

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Seattle-Area Workshops
I'm excited to return to Seattle on October 6 and 7! The workshops this year are intended for parents, professionals and other caregivers who are new to Social Thinking and want to learn the practical strategies and core information. We'll explore the ILAUGH Model of Social Cognition that shows how social-processing difficulties affect a range of academic tasks, how to make IEP goals work, why standardized tests are inadequate, an "eye-opening" informal assessment procedure and much more. Please let people know this is a great chance to get introduced to the core Social Thinking ideas! More details and registration discounts are now on our website.

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Dallas Workshops with Carol Gray
Carol Gray and I always have a lot of fun teaming up to present these two workshops coming to the Dal las-Fort Worth area on November 5 and 6. Her Social Stories and related insights work brilliantly with Social Thinking. We will examine how our students need to learn their own new paths to thinking socially, as well as how our thinking as parents and teachers can help to encourage our students' abilities to learn. This is a popular workshop series so sign up early! Early, online and group registration discounts are now active on our website!

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South San Francisco Workshops
We have taken your advice and opened up registration and discounts now for our Bay Area workshops on December 2 and 3! I will present the practical and dynamic assessment and treatment strategies that I continue to develop through my clinical work. These workshops offer a great introduction to Social Thinking.

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Need More Intensive Training?
Our mentor-training sessions fill up quickly! Folks from all over the world participate, learning intermediate-to-advanced level treatment concepts of Social Thinking and observing students. Dates and applications for 2009-2010 mentor-training are now posted on our website under the Professionals tab.

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Summer offers us a time to refresh. But that doesn't mean it's all lazy days! Think about how much learning goes on during a vacation, or just spending more time with your kids and family. Social Thinking happens everywhere--on the beach, in a crowded airplane. Take this time to observe. Maybe a new insight into one of your students will emerge, or even the beginnings of a treatment approach. Put your sunglasses on, but not your blinders. And don't work too hard :)

Best regards,

Michelle Garcia Winner
Social Thinking


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