Steph "Superflex" Madrigal - long known for the engaging rapport and creative approaches with clients - super-powerfully transformed (with Michelle) these traits into the Superflex superhero curriculum. She relates how Superflex came to be: "...I had to work on my own rigid thinking in trying to work with one of my students! I began working with a student, Eric, individually, because he was so rigid and did not have the skills to work in a group setting.  As I quickly realized, he and I were going nowhere fast. He had difficulty following anyone else’s plans and had huge meltdowns when things did not go his way. So after a couple of weeks of banging my head against the wall because I could not figure out a way to reach him, I remembered that he liked Superheroes.  Hmmm… do I stick to my own ideas and lessons that I had already outlined for his treatment?

Stephanie has expanded the curriculum with a comic book, Superflex Takes on Glassman and the Team of Unthinkables and, to reinforce the lessons, a Superflex Unthinkables poster (like a "wanted poster") and a Superflex t-shirt (available in adult sizes too!), so now the full Superhero Academy can help the student deploy his flexible thinking strategies wherever, whenever an Unthinkable may lurk.