The ASA's 38th National Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorders (July 11-14, 2007) of ASA

The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, AZ

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Wednesday, July 11, 2007: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Rainmakers Ballroom A & B
#3040- Implementing Social Thinking Concepts and Vocabulary into our School and Home Day: A Day to Develop Team Creativity
This brand new workshop allows parents and educators to learn more about teaching social thinking and related skills to students. We will explore how social thiking concepts develop the infrastructure for students to meet the educational standards, demonstrating how key these concepts are to reading comprehension, written expression etc. This workshop will also explore how to work as part of an educational team. How to share the workload when helping these kids.

Presenter:Michelle Garcia Winner, Michelle G Winner's Center for Social Thinking, Inc., Director - Michelle Garcia Winner specializes in helping students with social cognitive deficits. She runs a clinic; has authored numerous books and speaks internationally. Michelle’s goal is to help educators and parents appreciate how social thinking and social skills is an integral part of student’s academic as well as social experience.
 
Michelle's newest workshop allows parents and educators to learn more about teaching social thinking and related skills to students. We will explore how social thinking concepts develop the infrastructure for students to meet the educational standards, demonstrating how key these concepts are to reading comprehension, written expression, etc.

We will define many social thinking concepts and how to apply the “social thinking vocabulary” across the school and home day. Conference participants work in teams to develop new creative social thinking lessons to fit their teaching environment. The focus of the day will be on making the teaching realizable across a variety of environments with the focus on helping students to carry the concepts out of the treatment room and into their real lives. The social thinking lessons will be taught in the order they are being introduced in Michelle's new book, “A Social Thinking Curriculum for School Aged Students” due out in November 2005.

Furthermore, we will explore how to work as part of an educational team. How do we share the workload when helping these kids?

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