K-5th Grade

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You Are a Social Detective is the starting point for adults and children from K-5 to learn together basic Social Thinking concepts, including the Social Thinking Vocabulary. By teaching an explicit language to students on how to "detect" and observe others' as well as their own behaviors, students develop deeper insights into the social world.

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Whole Body Listening Larry at Home is a colorfully illustrated teaching storybook that 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. Also, there's a Whole Body Listening Larry at School book -- whether at home or the classroom, these books  spark some great discussions!

We Can Make It Better! A Strategy to Motivate and Engage Young Learners in Social Problem Solving Through Flexible Stories is a good tool for teaching younger elementary school students (K-3rd grade) problem solving strategies through two main characters, Maria and Bob. Problem Solving is at the heart of social relationships!

The New Social Story Book Social Stories™ helps children with autism or Asperger's Syndrome to understand the social world around them. This book is an updated version of the New Social Story Book. Social Stories are revered for being a simple informative treatment tool to help students learn to understand and adapt their behavior that others may find problematic in specific situations. Social Stories encourages thinking about the hidden rules in situations, the perspective of others, as well as guiding the reader to expected behaviors in various situations.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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For parents and professionals to use with students in kindergarten - middle school. The newest offering by Carol Gray! Social Stories help the child with autism or Asperger's Syndrome to understand the social world around them. This book is an updated version of the New Social Story Book with new text and accompanying illustrations.
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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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by Michelle Garcia Winner
For professionals and parents to use with ALL ages! This is where to start to learn more about social interaction and social awareness! Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME 2nd Edition provides Michelle Garcia Winner's core concepts and treatment methods of Social Thinking® and a foundation for using books like Superflex, You Are A Social Detective and more! The 2nd Edition includes extensive curriculum content on perspective-taking, the Social Thinking Dynamic Assessment Protocol® and more. Age-targeted lesson and activity ideas, templates and handouts are throughout the book.
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By Michelle Garcia Winner
For parents and professionals to use with ALL ages! Think Social! is the core Social Thinking® curriculum book, a complement to Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME. The book provides methods for teaching social thinking to students who have high-functioning autism, Asperger's Syndrome and ADHD, and others, diagnosed and undiagnosed, with social thinking challenges. Building upon the lessons of Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME, the book sequences through eight chapters and 69 lessons that help students explore the basics of working and thinking in a group. Each chapter addresses how to use and interpret language (verbal and nonverbal) to further understand the context of communications. The lessons have helped individuals in K-12 and through adulthood.
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By Michelle Garcia Winner. For professionals and parents to use with all ages. This book is where to start to learn more about how social problems connect to academic problems, such as reading comprehension and written expression. The book introduces Michelle's ILAUGH model, that helps to pinpoint specific challenges. For ages K-adulthood grade and beyond, this book also provides insight on what information we expect students to develop "naturally" to become strong learners.
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For professionals and parents. Active social skill development begins with birth and expands across our lifetime. This DVD looks at how social thinking supports the development of social skills from the first year of life, influencing language development and academic success, as well as skills for adult living. Social thinking concepts and strategies are introduced to support teaching across the home and school day.
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For professionals and parents to use with all ages. In Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day, Michelle Garcia Winner presents a DVD workshop defining the ILAUGH framework, her six-point model of social thinking. The focus of this workshop is on the fact that students with social thinking deficits express these deficits not only during social interaction but also in the classroom. They may have difficulty working as part of a group, interpreting and producing abstract language and organizational challenges. Strategies are presented for assisting these students across their home and school day. Supports teaching and treating students in K-12th grade--not intended to be viewed by the students directly.
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For professionals and parents to use with 4th graders - adulthood. This 3.5 hour DVD and handout booklet features the highlights of Michelle's popular all day workshop on this same topic. The information on this DVD is applicable to teaching and treating ALL students, not just those with learning disabilities, and works well for upper elementary school through university age and beyond!
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For parents and professionals to use with 3rd graders - adulthood. Cognitive behavioral techniques are those which help a student to learn the thinking behind expected behaviors. Social StoriesTM (developed by Carol Gray) is one type of cognitive behavioral technique for teaching students how to cope in a specific context or with specific people. "Social Behavior Mapping" is another complimentary method, which helps students to understand how our behaviors (expected and unexpected) impact how people feel, which then impacts how they treat us, which then impacts how we feel about ourselves. For educators and others treating and teaching 3rd through 12th grade.
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