Many students with social learning challenges have oversized reactions to relatively small problems. This poster is an engaging visual tool to help individuals learn how the size of a problem informs the size of the reaction. Teachers and parents rave about how effective this tool is when life’s teachable moments arise.

Social Behavior Mapping, a core treatment framework within the Social Thinking Methodology, is a visual template that helps users figure out the hidden social rules of a given situation based on what is happening and the people present. It also outlines a fundamental social concept we call the Social-Emotional Chain Reaction: how we act in a specific situation affects how others feel, how we make others feel affects how they treat us, and how we are treated affects how we feel about others and, ultimately, about ourselves.

The Zones of Regulation^® is a framework and easy-to-use curriculum for teaching students strategies for emotional and sensory self-management. Rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy, The Zones approach uses four colors to help students identify how they are feeling in the moment given their emotions and level of alertness and guides them to strategies to support self-regulation. By understanding how to read their body, detect triggers, read social context and consider how their behavior impacts those around them, students learn improved emotional control, sensory regulation, self-awareness, and problem-solving abilities. Learning activities and visual supports are included on a USB for easy printing.

A hands-on resource that invites kids to name the tools they can use to manage their behaviors in each of the four zones. The dry-erase surface lets you customize sensory and perspective-taking strategies to both the situation and student, teaching kids to better manage their behaviors.

These colorful visual supports promote the active use of 10 Social Thinking Vocabulary concepts that lay the foundation for social learning. While they are a small set of our broader teaching platform, they are an important place to begin individuals’ discovery into their own social-emotional learning and the social world that surrounds them, regardless of whether the individual is typically developing or exhibits social learning challenges. As each of the 10 concepts are introduced, hang up the related visual support to encourage adults and students to observe and use the concepts in their school, clinic,community, and/or home.

Neuropsychiatrist and bestselling author Daniel J. Siegel and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson demystify the meltdowns, explaining the new science of how a child’s brain develops. The authors link this science with 12 concrete strategies to help build a lifetime of healthy relationships, success in school, responsible behavior, and positive self-regard. Written for anyone doing the crucial work of raising, supporting, and nurturing kids.

Give students the tools to control their brain rather than letting their thoughts and emotions take control! A companion to The Whole-Brain Child, this workbook offers specific, practical ways to implement the whole-brain concepts in real time and in concert with existing parenting or teaching methods.

This is our premier social-emotional learning package for ages 4–7! Help children develop foundational social competencies with these five storybooks and extensive curriculum. The evidence-based materials strengthen perspective taking and self-awareness and are used and loved around the world by kids, parents, and professionals alike.

Building on the Social Thinking Vocabulary taught in Volume 1, Volume 2 teaches executive functioning and social problem solving to give students social tools to last a lifetime. It includes our groundbreaking play scale, observation and scoring tools, and related differentiated play activities to tailor instruction to students’ needs. For use only after Volume 1.

The social world is a big, complicated place that requires us to constantly figure out hidden rules in situations to help us make sense of how we are all interpreting and responding to each other’s actions and reactions. Expanded and revised, this 2nd edition provides an all-new structured approach to observation, illustrations that reflect a broader range of inclusion and diversity in characters, and lessons for deeper learning which include activities and practice pages for readers as they learn to observe a situation, the people, and what’s happening—a skill set that can then be used everywhere they go, whether it’s at home, school, or within the community. Interventionists will find specific teaching tips and an expanded glossary of Social Thinking Vocabulary and concepts to guide young readers in exploring tools to help them make smart guesses to ultimately figure out the social emotional chain reaction.

Welcome to the Superflex Academy! Get to know Superflex and the 14 original Unthinkables—characters who represent common unexpected behaviors—and dive into self-regulation strategies. The storybook introduces kids to the world of Superflex and the Unthinkables, and the curriculum includes lessons, handouts, and visual tools to transform your classroom, clinic, or home into a Superflex Academy. Teach students to access their superflexible thinking and foster self-regulation. Mainstream kids love Superflex too!

Boldly displays 14 Thinkables to remind students of their Superflex powers when Unthinkables appear. Encourages expected, pro-social thinking and behavior. Perfect for home, school, or anywhere flexible thinking is needed!

Provides a quick reference to support our popular Superflex curriculum. Displays the original Unthinkables, who represent 14 common challenges to pro-social behavior. A fun way to remind kids of the Unthinkables lurking in the room. Use the companion Thinkables poster to teach strategies to overcome unexpected behavior.

Bring the entire cast of Superflex characters into your classroom, clinic, or home!

Introducing the Thinkable Kool Q. Cumber, whose positive influence helps Social Town citizens stay calm when problems happen. He teaches the use of strategies to figure out the size of a problem and the expected reaction size. Kool Q. Cumber keeps the Unthinkable Glassman at bay!

The Unthinkable Glassman causes Social Town citizens to have big reactions to little problems. In this popular illustrated book, readers follow Superflex as he takes on Glassman. Along the way, they get Superflex Academy lessons and learn self-regulation strategies that help them match the size of their emotional reaction to the size of the problem.

Help kids keep their cool! You’ve worked through the Superflex curriculum with your students and now you’re ready to dive deeper. This two-book set featuring the Unthinkable Glassman and Thinkable Kool Q. Cumber teaches strategies to overcome a common struggle—having big reactions to small problems.

Meet 82 new Unthinkables—including Antsy Nancy, Blurt Out Blue, and The Enforcer—submitted from readers all over the world! We also introduce the Five-Step Power Plan to help kids identify their Unthinkables, select a strategy, and use positive selftalk through the process; and debut the Thinkables, characters who help kids use their superflexible thinking strategies.

Our best-selling curriculum is a powerhouse of social knowledge that introduces Social Thinking Vocabulary and concepts through colorful illustrations and easy-to-understand content. These well-organized books help children become stronger social observers and social problem solvers, and give adults the teaching tools they need to break down and teach complex social concepts.

Social Behavior Mapping meets manga to appeal to tweens and teens! Based on their social choices, the destinies of three relatable characters unfold in graphic-novel style. Cleverly organized to show how social decision making can lead to social fortune or an undesirable social fate. Vividly displays how a situation can change quickly based on how someone reacts—and how those behaviors impact others’ thoughts and feelings.

This detailed anime guidebook helps teens and young adults sail the stormy seas of dating, texting, lies, and everyday relationships. Targeted strategies encourage readers to better navigate their social worlds, develop stronger social competencies, and manage social anxiety. This book gets rave reviews from adolescent and young adult readers! Parents, educators, and therapists also appreciate how it better equips them to explain in real time the Social Thinking process, helping young adults navigate social situations.

Written to help all adults and especially those with subtle but significant social learning challenges read the hidden rules of the social world. Includes practical strategies that can be used in the workplace and all areas of life to better understand and respond to others and social situations. Previously titled Social Thinking at Work.