 "With an 11 year old son... I understand now that it's never too soon to start the slow and careful transition into adulthood and independence..."
- Mother and workshop attendee
Clinicians Michelle Garcia Winner and Dr. Pam Crooke will present workshops on their latest strategies on developing the skills for successful adulthood for students experiencing social and communication problems...
Registration now open with early bird and group savings!
Parents and professionals working with students from 14 and up -- or working with adults experiencing difficulties with the transition to independence have benefited from these workshops. Many adults with these challenges have attended too!
Good Intentions Aren't Enough: Teaching Social Thinking to Individuals Entering and Living in the Adult World
Participants have praised these workshops for being practical, timely, engaging and applicable to a broad range of individuals. The workshops specifically address the needs of individuals with social and communication challenges, including those related to diagnoses of high-functioning autism (and Asperger's) and ADHD, plus many undiagnosed students and "new adults" as they prepare for the transition to young adult and adult expectations. Specific, practical strategies examine realistic transition plans, "Social-Emotional Chain Effects," and how to develop an "I Can Do It" mindset in your student(s) or yourself.
April 23, 2012
Preparing for the Transition into Adulthood
April 24, 2012
Skills You Need to Learn in School to Help you Live as an Adult
Continental Breakfast, Breaks and Lunch Provided!
7:45 am - 8:30 am: Sign-In and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 3:30 pm: Workshops - Lunch Provided
Location
Four Points Sheraton Norwood
1125 Boston-Providence Turnpike Route 1 (18 miles south of Boston) Norwood, MA 02062
Presented by
Michelle Garcia Winner, M.A., CCC-SLP
"...[T]he leading expert in the field of social skills" - GreatSchools, a nonprofit organization and leading source of information on school performance. Click here to read the article on the need to address social thinking in IEPs. Michelle received a Congressional Certificate of Special Recognition for her development of the Social Thinking program.
"...one of my favorite authors in the field of teaching emotional intelligence. Michelle Garcia Winner has pioneered some very helpful ways of conceptualizing and helping educators understand the social challenges that students on the autism spectrum face."
- Stephen Borgman - Read more at Psychology Today
Pam Crooke, Ph.D., faculty member, San Jose State University, co-author of Socially Curious and Curiously Social: A Social Thinking Guidebook for Teens & Young Adults and Social Thinking at Work
More Participants' comments on these workshops
- "My brain is on fire with ideas, insight, understanding, and plans...." - Jewel, mother
- "Lots of practical, useful, information that can be adapted to each individual's style." - Paraprofessional
- "The information was so current. I loved it all – the explanation of nuance, imagination, the Pyramid of Friendship." - Parent
- "Michelle's abilities to encapsulate important truths and realities (for example, Emotional Compression) – I came away with many useful concepts that I can use right away." - Parent
- "All sessions were informative, pertinent and captivating." Parent (24/7); Professional (5 days a week)
- "The timeliness of this topic - many of our younger clients have had the benefit of early intervention therapy and hopefully this will be extended into the older years (as we teach) the social radar system and other Social Thinking strategies." - Professional
- "These two days are filled with insight and practical strategies to help young people achieve satisfying adult lives and in the process teaches us much about the struggle every adult has to understand the social world." - Parent
Continental Breakfast and Lunch Provided!
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April 23, 2012
Preparing for the Transition into Adulthood
Transitioning into adulthood and living as young adults can overwhelm individuals born to social learning challenges, even those who are “bright” with strong language skills. This workshop focuses on helping parents and professionals (e.g., teachers, counselors, psychologists) and even the students prepare for and respond to this transition.
We will explore the more nuanced expectations of emerging into adulthood and strategies to help individuals develop a more mature Social Thinking® mindset, including an “I can do this” and “I need to do this” attitude. By providing concrete ways to develop a realistic transition plan, we help students and their parents prepare for life outside the schedule of the high school day.
Michelle and Pam will share experiences from their treatment sessions to demonstrate ways to encourage the development of accountability, responsibility, motivation, social-leisure networks and anxiety management. The workshop day will conclude with practical lessons for promoting accuracy, productivity and social-emotional problem solving in vocational environments.
Based on the experiences gained by Michelle, Pamela Crooke and Stephanie Madrigal working with clients at their small clinic, this workshop will serve as a basis for the second day’s workshop on working and living as an adult in the community.
Course Objectives | Participants will be able to:
1. Explain using the ILAUGH model of Social Thinking; why our clients, many of whom can state they have good intentions, are interpreted as being selfish, arrogant or difficult to work with.
2. List in order, starting from most fundamental to most appreciated, the 4 skills we perceive to refer to someone as functioning independently as an adult.
3. Describe 3 elements related to the Social Emotional Chain Effect and how this awareness impacts our own communicative interpretation and responses.
4. Explain why in Social Thinking we describe everyone as having “social paranoia” and how this affects what we teach in terms of our own social responses.
5. Define the term “emotional compression” and how this relates to what we teach students and how they process others’ responses.
6. Explain what is meant by the statement, “Language is an inference to take care of each other’s emotions,” and provide one strategy to teach clients this abstract concept.
April 24, 2012
Skills You Need to Learn in School to Help you Live as an Adult
The second day of this workshop series is an extension of the first day. While our focus is on the adult work world and what it takes to be an independent adult, the concepts we are expected to employ as adults should be explored by and taught to children and teens. Teachers and parents of school-age students have described this workshop day as essential for helping them orient their teachings toward encouraging “success” in the adult years.
Going beyond diagnostic labels, this workshop focuses on how we all live within social boundaries that encourage others to include us and show they value us.
We will explore the social-emotional expectations that exist in the work world. We will introduce the 5 Steps to Social Thinking Psychology and Social Think- ing Social Emotional Chain Effects to which we all subconsciously react and respond. Reviewing dilemmas encountered by “bright” adults who have fallen off career tracks, we will demonstrate where social learning breakdowns happen and discuss strategies to avoid them, including coping skills and how to work as part of a team.
In addition, we will redefine what it means to function as an “independent adult” and provide strategies to determine where to begin the Social Thinking treatment process. Remarkably, even college-educated, scientifically or artistically gifted adults who are living “on their own” may still not be able to manage all adult expectations until we teach them how to function independently. We will also address the complex issues that parents of these adults face.
Course Objectives | Participants will be able to:
1. Describe the meaning of “Social Thinking nuance and sophistication” of the adult mind and how this influences our expectations and related intervention strategies.
2. Explain a “realistic transition plan” and name 3 items to focus on in transition planning.
3. Provide an example of a lesson to teach students to evaluate their motivation and become accountable for applying the lessons learned to another setting.
4. Explain how anxiety can be a “stop sign” in an individual’s ability to use Social Thinking and related skills.
5. Explain a way to teach students to graph their “good job” skills, including being “accurate” and “productive,” in addition to Social Thinking.
6. Explain how a student can learn to identify and prioritize his or her own treatment goals.
More on Michelle and Pam
Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP, specializes in the treatment of individuals with high-functioning autism, Asperger syndrome, ADHD, PDD-NOS, nonverbal learning disability (NLD) and similar challenges. She recently received a Congressional award for her creation of the Social Thinking treatment approach. Michelle directs a small clinic in San Jose, CA, and trains professionals nationally and internationally on Social Thinking. She has authored numerous books on this subject and she serves on the Panel of Professional Advisers of the Autism Society of America.
Pam Crooke, PhD, CCC-SLP, is senior therapist at Social Thinking and a faculty member at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA. She authored, with Michelle, Socially Curious and Curiously Social, a guidebook for teenagers and young adults, Social Thinking at Work.
Continuing Education Units
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: This program is offered for 0.6 CEU per workshop day, intermediate level, professional area.
Michelle G Winner is an approved Continuing Education Provider (PCE 1782) for State of California SLPs, MFTs, LCSWs (6 hours per day).
Continuing education credit for the following is provided by Commonwealth Educational Seminars, http://www.CommonwealthSeminars.com/
Social Workers: Commonwealth Educational Seminars (CES) #1117, is approved as a Provider for Social Work Continuing Education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB, 400 South Ridge Parkway, Ste B, Culpepper, VA 22701) www.aswb.org. ASWB Approval Period: 10/6/09-10/5/12. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. Social workers receive 6 continuing education clock hours participating in this course for each workshop day.
Psychologists: CES is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Psychologists completing this program receive 6 continuing education hours credit per workshop day. CES maintains responsibility for this program.
Licensed Mental Health Counselors/Certified Counselors /Licensed Professional Counselors: Members of these professions receive 6 continuing education hours for each workshop day. CES is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors (number 5596) to offer continuing education for these professions. CES adheres to NBCC continuing education guidelines.
Nurses: As an APA approved provider, CES programs are accepted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Every state board of nursing accepts ANCC approved programs except California and Iowa. CES is also an approved continuing education provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider number CEP15567), which is also accepted by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Nurses completing program receive 6 CE hours of credit per workshop day.
Marriage and Family Therapists: The following marriage and family therapy boards accept programs offered by NBCC, ASWB or APA approved providers (of which CES is approved): AL, AR, AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, LA, MD, ME, MN, MS, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA AND WI. In addition, CES is approved for CA MFTs. Marriage and family therapists receive 6 CE hours credit for each workshop day.
Massachusetts educator credits available.
CEU fee is $10 charged by Social Thinking to administer CEU programs.
Certificate of attendance provided.
University credits will be available for teachers to apply for independently. If interested, please read this form:
Intended audience: therapists (MFTs; LCSWs; OTs; PTs); parents; teachers; individuals experiencing transitional challenges; autism specialists; transition specialists; counselors; career counselors; college administrators; clinical, educational and developmental psychologists; clinical and educational administrators; physicians; nurses; nurse practitioners; paraprofessionals; human resource personnel; parents and other family members and caregivers of students with social-cognitive challenges and adult transition challenges.
POPULATION TO BE DISCUSSED: Individuals with high-functioning autism, PDD-NOS, Asperger syndrome, NLD, ADHD and related disabilities, focusing on those with near normal to far above normal verbal intelligence (verbal IQs above 70). Strategies will concentrate on teenagers and young adults and adults; however, the content will provide guidance for the treatment direction we should provide for school-age students.
April 23, 2012
Preparing for the Transition into Adulthood
April 24, 2012
Skills You Need to Learn in School to Help you Live as an Adult
Continental Breakfast, Breaks and Lunch Provided!
7:45 am - 8:30 am: Sign-In and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 3:30 pm: Workshops - Lunch Provided
Early Bird Registration Savings - Rates are Per Person
Must be received on or before April 9, 2012
Professional/Paraprofessional
2 Day Attendance: $315 Individual or $283.50 Group*
1 Day Attendance: $170 Individual or $153 Group*
Parent / Nonprofessional / College Student
2 Day Attendance: $280 Individual or $252 Group*
1 Day Attendance: $150 Individual or $135 Group*
Regular Registration
All registrations received after April 9, 2012
Professional/Paraprofessional
2 Day Attendance: $350 Individual or $315 Group*
1 Day Attendance: $190 Individual or $171 Group
Parent/Nonprofessional/College Student
2 Day Attendance: $315 Individual or $283.50 Group
1 Day Attendance: $170 Individual or $153 Group
Groups
Put Additional Attendee Names in Near End of Registration Process
10% Discounts Automatically Applied for 5 Registrations or More.
Location
Four Points Sheraton Norwood
1125 Boston-Providence Turnpike Route 1 (18 miles south of Boston) Norwood, MA 02062
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3031 Tisch Way, Suite 800
San Jose, CA 95128
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Hotel “Social Thinking” Block - Limited Availability
Please note, hotel information is listed as a courtesy. Social Thinking cannot guarantee any rates, accommodations or reservations and cannot answer questions regarding accomodations.
Call the Four Points Sheraton, Norwood and say you are with the Social Thinking Conference.
Checking in: April 22, 2012 Checking out: April 24, 2012
Queen: $125 per night
King/ Double Queen: $145 per night
Make reservations by March 23rd to honor the rate. Any reservations after this date will be made at the best available rate. Please call or email the hotel directly to make reservations: (781) 769-7900 Ask for Lucy or inquire by email to:
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Your guestroom rate includes: Full Breakfast Buffet, Complimentary Parking, High Speed Internet (T-1 lines), Fitness Room Access, Shuttle service (within a 5 mile radius), Complimentary “USA Today” newspaper.
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No refunds for cancellations made seven (7) days or less prior to the event. A $25 handling fee will be charged for cancellations made before that time.
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