Conferences
Social Thinking is well known throughout the U.S. for the conferences it offers. The conferences feature the methods Michelle Garcia Winner and her clinical team have developed to treat social communication challenges, including but not limited to autism spectrum disorder (high functioning), social communication disorder, nonverbal learning disorder, ADHD, etc. You can browse through the full calendar of events below, or if you're looking only for the conferences Social Thinking hosts you can go to the Social Thinking Conference page.
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Social Thinking Conferences
The conferences Michelle Garcia Winner's organization, Social Thinking, hosts are open to all and frequently sell out, so early registration is suggested and offers a discount. You can browse through the list below of all events featuring therapists who have developed and are experienced in presenting Social Thinking treatment methods.
Trainings and Similar Events
The members of our Social Thinking Training & Speakers' Collaborative also give workshops and trainings to organizations, schools, therapists, parent groups and more. Attendance details for the presentations to other groups vary greatly. Some are open to outside attendees while others are not. Please communicate with the contact or organization listed for each event to find out more about attendance and prices.
If your organization is interested in having a member of the Social Thinking Training & Speakers' Collaborative speak, please browse below to see if a Social Thinking event is open in your area. You can also take a look at course descriptions to find which speaker and workshop day would work best for you and your group. Or if your group is ready you can click below.
May 2013
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Barcelona, Spain |
May 23-24, 2013
Contact and more information:
https://sites.google.com/site/socialthinkingbcn/?pli=1
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Hamilton, ON, Canada |
May 23-24, 2013
Nancy Clements is presenting for Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board
Contact:
Janice Rosa
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www.hwcdsb.ca
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Copenhagen, Denmark |
May 27-28, 2013
Michelle Garcia Winner is presenting for Socialstyrelsen and Pressto
Contact:
Charlotte at
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http://socialstyrelsen.dk/aktiviteter/handicap/workshop-om-implementering-af-social-taenkning-i-skolen
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Aarhus, Denmark |
May 30, 2013
Michelle Garcia Winner is presenting for Socialstyrelsen and Pressto
Contact:
Charlotte at
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June 2013
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Porto, Portugal |
June 3, 2013
Michelle Garcia Winner presents Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME
Contact:
Regina Pires or Ana Santos
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www.criar.pt
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Calgary, AB, Canada |
June 6, 2013
Michelle Garcia Winner presents at The Ability Hub
Contact:
http://theabilityhub.org/news/2nd-annual-asd-vocational-conference-june-67-2013
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S.Burlington, VT |
June 17, 2013
Autism Society of Vermont/Univeristy of VT Communication Studies
Michelle Garcia Winner presents: Social Thinking: Teaching social nuance versus social rules to students with social learning challenges
Contact:
Lisa Lawlor
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June 21, 22 & 23, 2013
The Providers Conference is a time for practitioners of Social Thinking, nationally and internationally, to come together to learn, share ideas and network. As the “Social Thinking movement” grows the hope is for attendees to gain knowledge and not have to “re‐create the wheel” as they develop practical programs and services allowing them to expand upon what others have shared.
PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE
- Encourage professionals who are running Social Thinking programs both in schools and private practice settings to come together to network, brainstorm and problem solve the delivery of Social Thinking services.
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Report on research projects currently in progress or that have been completed.
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Provide a means for sharing new and diverse topics related to Social Thinking and the treatment of individuals with social learning challenges.
- Provide an opportunity for professionals, individually or in teams to share their unique diagnostic, treatment or service delivery models related to Social Thinking.
- Share new data collection or qualitative assessment methods to assist professionals and students on the application of teaching Social Thinking concepts.
2013 Workshop Theme:
Respecting Those with Social Thinking Challenges: Teams Stand Up to Bullies and Beyond
Registration for conference now open!
click here for paper registration
August 2013
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Clearwater, FL |
August 1, 2013
PEPSA and CARD-USF
Sorry, workshop is closed to the public
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Perth, Western Australia |
August 12-13, 2013
August 12: Day A: Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day: The ILAUGH Model of Social Cognition.
August 13: Day B: Informal Dynamic Social Thinking Assessment: Core Treatment Strategies for Home and School.
Contact:
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www.autism.org.au
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Melbourne, Australia |
August 15-16, 2013
Irabina Childhood Autism Services
August 15th: a combination of Days A: Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day: The iLAUGH Model of Social Cognition and B: Informal Dynamic Social Thinking Assessment: Core Treatment Strategies for Home and School.
August 16th: a combination of Days E: Implementing Social Thinking Concepts and Vocabulary into our School/Home Day: A Day to Develop Team Creativity and H: Teaching Social Thinking through Stories and Play in Preschool and Early Elementary
Contact:
Orla Murphy
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Penrith, NSW, Australia |
August 19-20, 2013
Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke presents for Sensory Tools
August 19th: Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day: The ILAUGH Model of Social Cognition
August 20th: Informal Dynamic Social Thinking Assessment: Core Treatment Strategies for Home and School
Contact:
www.sensorytools.net
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Hong Kong |
August 23-24, 2013
August 23rd: A day of Different Ideas about exploring Social Thinking concepts and treatment ideas.
August 24th: Exploring dynamic Social Thinking Assessment tasks and teaching 4-7 years old who have strong language skills.
Contact:
Karine Ngai
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or (852) 3943 9606
www.socialthinkinghk.com
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Newton, MA |
August 28, 2013
Sorry, this workshop is closed to the public
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Singapore |
August 31-September 1, 2013
August 31st: Implementing Social Thinking vocabulary for 4 year olds through adulthood (introducing our new The Increidible Flexible You lessons- Vol 1)
September 1st: Day D: Organized Thinking: Dealing with the Dreaded Homework Assignment and Everything Else a Student Wants to Postpone!
Contact:
Stay tuned!
September 2013
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Taguig City, Philippines |
September 16-17, 2013
Michelle Garcia Winner presents for the International School Manila
Sorry, this workshop is closed to the public.
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Tokyo, Japan |
September 21-22, 2013
September 21st: Introduction to Social Thinking- the Social Academic Connection and Different Levels of the Social Mind.
September 22nd: Implementing Social Thinking Concepts and Covabulary into our School/Home Day: A Day to Develop Team Creativity.
Contact:
M. Luttrell
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www.jascd.org
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Nashville, TN |
September 21, 2013
Renee Attaway presents for the Autsim Society of Middle TN
Contact:
Amanda Peltz
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or 615-385-2077
www.tnautism.org
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Kelowna, BC, Canada |
September 27, 2013
Pamela Crooke will be presenting Day F: Social Thinking and Transition Planning for the Adult World and Real Life
Contact:
Vivian Walker
604-205-5467
www.actcommunity.net/autism-education/upcoming-live-events.html
October 2013
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Learn the Latest Strategies from the Creator of Social Thinking, Michelle Garcia Winner!
- Explore the impact perspective taking has on learning as well as social communication
- Gain understanding of the four core levels in the Social Thinking-Social Communication Profile
- Learn the difference between shared and singular imagination, and how these concepts related to conversation and reading comprehension
- Advance your knowledge of the term "thinking with your eyes" and learn how it applies to success in an educational setting
October 2, 2013
Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME
October 3, 2013
Implementing Social Thinking Concepts and Vocabulary into the School and Home Day: A Day to Develop Team Creativity
October 4, 2013
Teaching Social Thinking through Stories & Play in Preschool and Early Elementary School
-Nancy Tarshis and Kari Palmer, collaborative members of the Social Thinking Training and Speakers' Collaborative, as well as the authors of the upcoming curriculum for K-2nd grade, The Incredible Flexible You!
Fax Purchase Orders to 408.557.8594
Click here to download brochure and paper registration!
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Boston, MA |
October 4-5, 2013- Asperger Syndrome Connections
Nancy Clements is presenting keynote on October 4, 2013 for the Asperger's Association
of New England
Contact:
Lisa Graffeo
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www.aane.org
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Catoosa, OK |
October 4-5, 2013
Kari Palmer is presenting for Oklahoma Specch-Language-Hearing Association on Oct 4th
Contact:
www.oslha.org
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Minneapolis, MN Social Thinking ConferenceEarly Bird and Group Rates NOW ACTIVE! October 9-10-11, 2013 |
October 9, 2013
Teaching Social Thinking through Stories & Play for Preschool and Early Elementary
In this workshop, we will explore early development of the social mind, how to encourage the social learning of our young students and build the foundation for collaboration school and at home. We will introduce the Preschool and Early Elementary Social Thinking Vocabulary and demonstrate how to teach these concepts through storybooks, music, structured activities, and play. The Preschool and Early Elementary Vocabulary includes: Thoughts and Feelings, The Group Plan, Thinking With Your Eyes, Body in the Group, Whole Body Listening, Expected/Unexpected, Smart Guess, Flexible and Stuck Thinking, Size of the Problem, and Sharing an Imagination. Strategies for home and school are designed for young children with average to strong language and learning abilities.
- Nancy Tarshis & Ryan Hendrix, authors of the upcoming Social Thinking preschool and early elementary curriculum
October 10 - 11, 2013
ZOOMING IN on TWO NEW Social Thinking® Conferences which focus on Lessons and Strategies to Help in the Classroom and Beyond!
These two new workshop days are designed to compliment each other and will both take a deeper look at how to understand and design strategy-based Social Thinking lessons for our more concrete and literal learners versus those with more nuance based issues. We will zoom in and focus our attention on how to use checklists, activities, and other strategies to develop specific lessons that can be applied in more complex social environments like classrooms, playgrounds and the community for elementary through high school age students. Lessons will be framed within the context of select Common Core Standards (CCSs) with an emphasis on how to utilize the lessons with different team members (teachers, specialists, paraprofessionals, peers, and parents). We will also share ideas for collecting different types of data to document individual students’ learning related to Social Thinking strategies
- Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke & Stephanie Madrigal - the core Social Thinking clinical team
Fax Purchase Orders to 408-557-8594
Click here to download paper registration!
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Little Rock, AR |
October 16-18, 2013- Arkansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention
Renee Attaway presents on October 17, 2013
Contact:
www.arksha.org/convention
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Boston, MA Social Thinking ConferenceEarly Bird and Group Rate NOW ACTIVE! October 17-18 -and- October 28-29 |
Due to the high demand for Social Thinking conferences in the Boston area, we have decided to host the same conference days TWICE!
Attend either October 17-18 or October 28-29 to hear our new ZOOMING IN days. Learn more below:
October 17 - 18 OR October 28 - 29
ZOOMING IN on TWO NEW Social Thinking® Conferences which focus on Lessons and Strategies to Help in the Classroom and Beyond!
These two new workshop days are designed to compliment each other and will both take a deeper look at how to understand and design strategy-based Social Thinking lessons for our more concrete and literal learners versus those with more nuance based issues. We will zoom in and focus our attention on how to use checklists, activities, and other strategies to develop specific lessons that can be applied in more complex social environments like classrooms, playgrounds and the community for elementary through high school age students. Lessons will be framed within the context of select Common Core Standards (CCSs) with an emphasis on how to utilize the lessons with different team members (teachers, specialists, paraprofessionals, peers, and parents). We will also share ideas for collecting different types of data to document individual students’ learning related to Social Thinking strategies
- Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke & Stephanie Madrigal - the core Social Thinking clinical team
Fax Purchase Orders to 408-557-8594
Click here for paper registration: OCTOBER 17-18 -or- OCTOBER 28-29
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Philadelphia, PA Social Thinking Traveling Providers ConferenceEarly Bird and Group Rate NOW ACTIVE! October 23-25 |
For the first time, Michelle Garcia Winner bringers the highly acclaimed Social Thinking Providers Conference to the Philadelphia area!and is joined by top experts addressing high functioning autism, Asperger's, ADHD...
Advance Your Working Knowledge - And Your Students' Progress
- Learn new strategies from clinicians at the forefront of treatment
- Share what works with other professionals using Social Thinking
- Build concepts to the dynamics of your classroom, practive or home
- Target treatments to the student, not the diagnosis
- Help students (and adults) learn and achieve to their abilities!
Featured Presentations
October 23rd, 2013
The Role of the Bystander
-Dr. Frank Sacco, and international speaker on school violence and victimization
October 24th, 2013
ABA and Social Thinking
-Dr. Joanne Gerenser and Michelle Garcia Winner
October 25th, 2013
Teaching Social Thinking Through Stories & Play in Preschool and Early Elementary School
-Nancy Tarshis and Ryan Hendrix, collaborative members of the Social Thinking Training and Speakers' Collaborative, as well as the authors of the upcoming curriculum for K-2nd grade,The Incredible Flexible You
This is not Social Thinking 101 - it is about taking Social Thinking to the next level in your school, clinic or home. You will leave re-energized and fortified with strategies you can use right away!
Fax Purchase Orders to 408.557.8594
Click here to download paper registration!
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Owego, NY |
October 25, 2013
Nancy Clements presents for the Family Resource Network, Inc
Contact:
Shelley Hubal
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http://www.familyrn.org
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Chicago, IL |
October 25, 2013
Kari Palmer presents Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME for the Chicago Education Project.
Contact:
Pamela Zavada
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www.cepautism.org
2014
February 2014
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Burlington, VT |
Feburary 7, 2014
Michelle Garcia Winner will be presenting a keynote.
Contact:
Paula Ralston
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Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
Feburary 13-14, 2014
Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke will be presenting for ACT- Autism Community Training
February 13th: Zooming in on Emerging Social Communicators Across the Classsroom, Playground and Home
February 14th: Zooming in Nuance Challenged Social Communicators Across the Classroom, Playground and Home
Contact:
Vivian Walker
604-205-5467
www.actcommunity.net
March 2014
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Wisconsin Dells, WI |
CESA 5 SLP Institute Conference March 10-11, 2014
Michelle Garcia Winner will be presenting a keynote on March 10, 2014
Contact:
Tamara Kreklow
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http://slpinstitute.cesa5.org