social thinking in social skills groups

[Anonymous]

Have been seeing alot of groups promoting social thinking in therapy practices and social skills groups. Is this something that would equally be useful for children who are not on the spectrum. Have people found this approach useful in combination with therapy or a social skills group

[Anonymous]

Google Michelle Garcia Winner, who is an expert inSocial Thinking. She developed most of the curriculum being used. It is not just for kids on the spectrum.

[Anonymous]

Agree with the pp. Alvord Baker uses parts of it in their social groups (e.g., expected vs. unexpected behavior, taking other child's perspective etc.). There is at least one book on amazon by Michele that is directed at kids. Agree with the pp that it is for all kids, not just for kids on the spectrum. In fact, I know some NT kids who could benefit from the program .

[Anonymous]

Social Thinking is fantastic! I highly recommend it. We have been using the concepts since my child was 7, now 10. The book Think Social lays out the concepts and has a lot of great activities. There are several books for kids to teach the concepts. Social Thinking is so important for social skills but also taking perspective in learning history and literature and for safety (stranger danger, crossing the street--anticipating what someone else is planning to do, guessing intentions, etc.) Check MGW's website for practitioners in the area who do Social Thinking groups. I think there is only one who truly does it and I'm blanking on the name...in Kensington I think.