About
Our Methodology
The teachings of the Social Thinking Methodology help people understand themselves and others to better navigate the social world, foster relationship development, and improve their performance at school, at home, and at work. Our unique tools break down complex social executive functioning concepts (like perspective taking) into understandable and doable parts that can be applied in any setting. For more than 25 years, our experts have been a guiding resource for schools, clinics, individuals, and families around the world, and our teachings continually evolve based on the latest research, clinical insights, and input from our neurodivergent community. Whether you're helping individuals with a diagnosis of ADHD, social communication differences, social anxiety, autism levels 1 and 2, other social, emotional, and cognitive learning differences (with diagnoses or without), or an entire classroom of neurotypically developing students—our strategies can help you help them.
Our Speaking & Training Team
The Social Thinking Training & Speakers' Collaborative (STTSC) is a team of professionals, all of whom are experienced teachers, clinicians, or counselors. The team is led by Michelle Garcia Winner (founder of Social Thinking) and Dr. Pamela Crooke-,who hand picked the other members of the STTSC from regions around the USA. The mission of the STTSC is to provide evidence-based information and practical strategies for caregivers, professionals, family members, children/students, as well as adults living with social learning differences and challenges, to be used in schools, homes, the community, and across work settings. The collaborative members provide all-day conference trainings, in addition to customized on-going hourly trainings; they share practical strategies related to social learning across a large range of content and contexts in a down-to-earth and engaging manner.
Michelle Garcia Winner
Founder & CEO Social Thinking • MA, CCC-SLP
Pamela Crooke
PhD, CCC-SLP • Co-developer of the Social Thinking® Methodology • Chief Operations Officer
Kari Zweber Palmer
MA, CCC-SLP
Ryan Hendrix
MS, CCC-SLP
Nancy Clements
MA, CCC-SLP
Nancy Tarshis
MA, MS, CCC-SLP
Renee Attaway-Storer
MS, CCC-SLP
Beckham Linton
MA, CCC-SLP
Ariela Jokel
PhD, CCC-SLP
Chithra Kathiresan
B. App. Sc., SLP
Personalized Training for Your School or Clinic
Social Thinking offers a wide array of all day and partial day courses and embedded school trainings to fit your needs. Our speakers collectively instruct over 15 courses offering practical concepts and strategies to boost the social learning process and academic achievement that can be used across settings, such as in the classroom, on the playground, at home, at work, and in the community. Each course covers a specific topic, from working with early learners, to the transition to adulthood; to helping mature adults improve executive functioning skills. Each speaker has unique specialties that align with the courses they instruct.