Social Competencies, Social Cognition & IEPs
Social Thinking Is Academic Thinking: Making the Connection Relevant and Practical
ages 5 - young adult
About This Course
Did you know that reading, writing, organizing, and working in groups all require the social mind to engage? In fact, social concepts are the foundation for most of the academic standards. This course will uncover how strategies and frameworks from the Social Thinking® Methodology can support both social learning and academic competencies. Explore how the ILAUGHS Model of Social Cognition (i.e., social thinking) can help us connect the foundations between social learning and academic standards. Discover how learning differences, difficulties, or disabilities in social communication and executive functioning impact written expression, reading comprehension of literature, organizational skills, and working in a group. Learn practical strategies to support literacy, perspective taking, reading comprehension, social thinking, and organization. Rounding out the day: learn tips for student-driven goal writing and data keeping. Note: This course is introductory and designed for those who are new to Social Thinking or just want to expand how they teach lessons from the Social Thinking Methodology.
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.