Worksheets! for Teaching Social Thinking and Related Skills

by Michelle Garcia Winner
For parents and professionals to use with students 4th grade - high school. New reduced price! One of Social Thinking's best selling books, Worksheets! encourages students with Asperger's Syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, ADHD and others to process more deeply what social thinking means to them. Developed from years of working with students with social-cognitive challenges, the worksheets also serve as lesson plans to introduce social thinking concepts. Educators then take these concepts and play with them through different activities they develop. The curriculum works best for grades 5-12. The worksheets are coded to suggest which ones are better for different aged students. There are some worksheets for young students (K-4), but the majority are for more sophisticated users. The worksheets are a valuable supplement to Thinking About You Thinking About Me and Think Social!.
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You are a Social Detective!

Winner of a 2012 Mom's Choice Award and a 2012 National Parenting Publications Award! By Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke and illustrated by Kelly Knopp. For parents and professionals to use with students 4 years - 5th grade.

Every one of us is a Social Detective. We are good Social Detectives when we use our eyes, ears, and brains to figure out what others are planning to do next or are presently doing and what they mean by their words and deeds. This entertaining comic book offers different ways that can be reviewed repeatedly with students to teach them how to develop their own social detective skills. Enjoy watching your students and kids blossom day-by-day into successful Social Detectives!

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When My Worries Get Too Big! A Relaxation Book for Children Who Live with Anxiety

by Kari Dunn Buron. For parents and professionals to use with students 4yrs - 5th grade. The thought of "losing control" can cause major problems for children who live with anxiety. Now, parents, teachers and children have a helpful tool that gives young children an opportunity to explore their own feelings with parents or teachers as they react to events in their daily lives.
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Visual Thinking Strategies For Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders

by Ellyn Lucas Arwood, Ed.D.; Carole Kaulitz, M.Ed.; and Mabel Brown, M.A.For professionals and parents to use with ALL ages! Visuals of all kinds are used as supports for individuals on the autism spectrum who tend to think and learn visually. However, not all visuals are created equal! This new and important book explores "The Language of Pictures," showing how to match visual tools with the developmental level of the child or adult you are working with. A great way to learn the science behind the art!
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You are a Social Detective! (Spanish Version)

For parents and professionals to use with students 4yrs - 5th grade. Este atractivo cómic de 60 páginas introduce a los niños y adultos a los conceptos centrales del concepto del Pensamiento Social y al vocabulario relacionado al Pensamiento Social. Escrito por Michelle Garcia Winner y Pam Crooke
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You are a Social Detective! (French Version)

For parents and professionals to use with students 4yrs - 5th grade. Cette bande dessinée comporte plusieurs concepts différents qui peuvent être sans cesse discutés avec les élèves. Il est préférable de lire ce livre par sections suivi par des discussions directes avec les enfants sur des situations vécues et comment ces concepts s’appliquent personnellement à eux.
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You Are a Social Detective! Interactive CD

For professionals and parents to use with their students about 7-12 years old. This product explores the Social Thinking teaching concepts discussed in our book, You Are a Social Detective. A key aspect of helping students improve their competencies and therefore their social skills, involves teaching our students to take more active notice of relevant social cues generated by participants in context. PC and Mac compatible.
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What is a Thought? (A Thought is a Lot!)

By Amy Kahofer and Jack Pransky This engaging children's book (and CD with lessons) introduces K-5 readers to the concept of thought and the amazing power our thoughts have on our lives. Authors Amy Kahofer and noted prevention specialist Jack Pransky present a simple yet profound message: that our thinking creates our feelings and behavior, and when our minds are calm we have access to natural wisdom and healthy feelings.
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We Can Make It Better: A Strategy to Motivate and Engage Young Learners in Social Problem-Solving Through Flexible Stories

by Elizabeth M. Delsandro, M.S., CCC-SLP. For parents and professionals to use with students 4yrs - 9yrs. CD included with printable worksheets and 21 “We Can Make It Better!” Stories©. We Can Make It Better! is a resource for safe and motivating social problem-solving practice. With the right tools, practice and understanding, students can learn how to make good choices — in their thoughts, actions and words — that result in improved social interactions.
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Whole Body Listening Larry at Home

By Kristen Wilson, MS, CCC, Elizabeth Sautter, MA, CCC For parents and professionals to use with students 4-9yrs. This colorfully illustrated teaching storybook provides fun ways to teach children an abstract but essential idea - that their eyes, hands, brains – their whole bodies! – communicate, engage with and affect the people around them. Parents, teachers and therapists use this book to teach this challenging concept through illustrated scenarios at home, in the car, with friends, with grandparents – and a number of other very recognizable situations. If your young (primarily pre-K to third grade) student(s) is a bit (or a lot) wiggly, you might need this book! The book can be read with the child and the child then can read the book on his or her own, with siblings, friends, grandparents – it’s sure to spark some great discussions!
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Whole Body Listening Poster

For professionals and parents to use with individuals 4 to 9 years old. The Whole Body Listening Larry Poster provides a fun way to reinforce lessons of the Whole Body Listening Larry storybooks.
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Zones of Regulation, The

By Leah Kuypers For professionals and parents to use with students elementary school - high school. Book and CD. The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum geared toward helping students gain skills in consciously regulating their actions, which in turn leads to increased control and problem solving abilities. Using a cognitive behavior approach, the curriculum’s learning activities are designed to help students recognize when they are in different states called “zones,” with each of four zones represented by a different color. In the activities, students also learn how to use strategies or tools to stay in a zone or move from one to another. Students explore calming techniques, cognitive strategies, and sensory supports so they will have a toolbox of methods to use to move between zones.
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Zones of Regulation Poster

For professionals and parents to use with students in elementary school - high school. Poster to reinforce the four "zones" and the related lessons of The Zones of Regulation book/curriculum/CD.
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Whole Body Listening Larry at School

By Kristen Wilson, MS, CCC, Elizabeth Sautter, MA, CCC For parents and professionals to use with individuals 4 to 9 years old.

This second storybook focuses on the classroom, recess and the situations of school! Educators can use the storybook to teach young (primarily pre-K to third grade) student(s) who may need to learn better self-regulation how their entire bodies affect those around them.
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Unstuck and On Target!

For students 8-11 years old with autism spectrum disorders, problems with flexibility and goal-directed behavior can be a major obstacle to success in school and in life. But flexibility and goal-setting can be taught just like any other skill—and this how-to manual equips professionals with simple, real-world ways to help students with ASD develop this critical aspect of executive function.
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