Thursday October 10, 2024
Unleashing the Superpowers Within: Teaching through Social Detective & Superflex® Quests
ages 5 - 14
Join us for this fun and motivating day of exploring the Superflex® Universe! This newly updated conference day is filled with innovative strategies, lessons, and activities that will equip you with the tools to teach the Social Detective & Brand NEW Superflex® series with fidelity. Discover creative ideas for supporting social observation, self-regulation, conflict resolution, and working & learning in a group. Explore the connections between the Social Thinking® Methodology and academic standards and learn how to foster Social Detective thinking, superflexible thinking, managing UnthinkaBots™, and powering up Thinkables®. Explore how to easily embed social learning concepts, strategies, and activities into your school day and existing lessons to unleash the social, emotional, and academic learning potential of your students and clients.Content Disclosure: This course is designed to demonstrate how to teach the scope and sequence of the new Social Detective and Superflex® series with fidelity. The content will primarily focus on core products from the Social Thinking Methodology related to these curricula. Our intention is not to exclusively market these materials but rather help attendees understand how to teach the concepts with fidelity.
Fasten your capes and prepare to soar to new heights at this practical and fun conference day! Our expert team at Social Thinking has meticulously crafted an updated curriculum series that will equip you with the creative tools to support social observation, self-regulation, conflict resolution, and working and learning in groups. Explore the Social Detective and Superflex curricula and engage your students in a fun-filled learning experience where they become Superflex superheroes or superkids, managing UnthinkaBots™ to improve their social observation, social self-awareness, and self-regulation. Discover the interactive scope and sequence found in our award-winning resources and gain invaluable insights on teaching these concepts to elementary school students ages 7-12+. Learn how to embed social learning concepts, strategies, and activities into your school day and existing lessons to cultivate the social, emotional, and academic learning of your students and support them toward meeting their social and academic goals.
There are any number of situations across a day that can be dysregulating for students and adults alike. These might be the rush of getting ready in the morning, worry about an upcoming deadline, or an unanticipated change in plans. To give students and clients tools to be more aware of these situations and subsequently develop strategies to prepare for and navigate them, we have created a fun and motivating scope and sequence of teaching through two complementary curricula (Social Detective and Superflex). Kids love imagining themselves as Superflex superheroes who learn to take on and manage imaginary characters called UnthinkaBots™, which represent ways of thinking and acting that can present obstacles to meeting their goals. Attendees will learn how to engage students in lesson quests that help develop learning about themselves as part of the social world.
We will explore creative ideas for use in the classroom, small groups, or individually to support social observation, self-regulation, conflict resolution, and working as part of a group. We will also discuss the connections between the Social Thinking® Methodology and academic demands through the lens of social, emotional, and academic learning (SEAL) for students ages 7-12+. This day focuses on building Social Detective thinking, expanding superflexible thinking, managing UnthinkaBots™ (formally Unthinkables), and building up Thinkable® powers as a backdrop for teaching.
Immerse yourself in our new You Are a Social Detective! Teaching Curriculum & Support Guide and updated Superflex Curriculum and harness the powers of UnthinkaBots™ and Thinkable® Duos to engage your students in a dynamic and enriching learning experience. Walk away with a comprehensive understanding of the dos and don'ts for teaching these concepts effectively and with fidelity.
Over the course of the day, we’ll explore:
- The difference between social self-awareness and social self-regulation
- How to teach students about their brains’ strengths and needs
- Developing Social Detective thinking to figure out the plan of the group and the hidden rules and group goals
- Exploring the interactive scope and sequence found in You Are a Social Detective! and the updated Superflex Curriculum
- The powers of UnthinkaBot™ and Thinkable® Duos
- How to extend the same concepts through a new lens for older and younger students
- The dos and don'ts for teaching the concepts and materials
5.5 hours toward CE credit, if applicable
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