Social Thinking for Early Learners (Ages 4-7)
Teaching the We Thinkers! Curriculum Series with Fidelity
Teaching Social Thinking Concepts & Vocabulary to Children Ages 4-7
Alarming statistics reveal that nationwide at least 250 children are suspended or expelled from preschool daily, three times the rate of expulsions in K-12 grades. Many of these children are melting down and labeled as disruptive, aggressive, or “behavior problems” because they don’t understand what’s going on around them or may not have awareness or understanding of how to play, learn, and work in groups with their peers.
Throughout our 25+ years of research, practice, and teaching, we've found that when children as young as four years old learn how their social minds help them understand others, adapt to different situations, and engage in learning, they develop foundational social competencies that support success in school and life. That's why classrooms, schools, and hundreds of thousands of professionals and caregivers around the world teach our award-winning curricula and resources to their early learners.
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Teaching the We Thinkers! Curriculum Series with Fidelity: A Short Course
This short 2-hour course is designed to give educators, therapists, and parents/caregivers an understanding of the We Thinkers! series, a metacognitive curriculum for 4- to 7-year-olds. It introduces social cognitive concepts; strategies for implementing the series with fidelity, including engineering the environment, pacing, and playing with the concepts; and highlights key components of social thinking, group formulation, and service delivery. Lessons are story-based, games oriented, and support inquiry-based learning using hands-on, multisensory teaching tools. The 90-day Recorded Replay Access begins at the time of Registration.
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Social Thinking: Building the Social Mind in Early Childhood
Parents and caregivers are always asking about how to teach and support self-regulation. In this course designed specifically for parents and caregivers, we’ll talk about the ways the social mind can support social thinking and self-regulation for early learners. We will cover practical strategies including how we can use stories, activities, and play to build self-regulation; how to teach children to better understand their own and others’ thoughts and feelings, and the plan of the group and their role within it. Please note: this course is not eligible for Continuing Education. The 90-day Recorded Replay Access begins at the time of Registration.
Please note: this course is not eligible for Continuing Education.
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The Social Thinking Methodology provides evidence-based strategies to help people ages four through adult develop their social competencies, flexible thinking & social problem solving to meet their own social goals and improve: