The superflex curriculum book offers clear lesson plans to help educators. Freebies archives page 4 of 9 thedabblingspeechie fun craft to help the kids remember the social detective words from the book you are a social detective. Social detective taught superflex about using clues from his eyes, ears, and brain to help understand the situation and the people in the situation. The you are a social detective beginner app has 3 exciting levels with. Social smarts help our brains to know that others are having thoughts about us and we are having. Autism, hyperlexia, adhd, pddnos, nvld, and you are a social detective. Superflex and friends take on social emotional learningsel and the common core standards. Teaching social skills on the go there are hundreds of social skills apps. Make sure your students have a solid foundation of the social detective concepts of thinking with your eyes, ears, and brain to be a good social detective before you move on to the superflex curriculum.
Explaining social thinking to kids by michelle garcia winner and pamela crooke and illustrated by kelly knopp. Another concept introduced in the book is expected and unexpected behaviors. To be used effectively, parents and educators need to start at the beginning. A superhero social thinking curriculum provides educators, parents and therapists fun and motivating ways to teach students with social and communication difficulties undiagnosed or diagnosed, such as asperger syndrome, adhd, highfunctioning autism or similar.
Superflex 35 social emotional resource site for sps parents. For my early elementary students i start with the social detective comic book. Prerequisite books to make this tool most effective include thinking about you thinking about me and you are a social detective. The you are a social detective beginner app has 3 exciting levels with numerous video prompts to break down social situations into functional terms. Superflex combines a book, comic book and cd to create a.
My school day, social perspective taking and social detective. Superflex curriculum lessonsactivities adult introduces partial content. See all books authored by michelle garcia winner, including thinking about you thinking about me. This book is designed for elementary schoolaged k5 students, and can be used with middle school and high school students who have deficits with social skills. Explore an engaging approach to teaching social awareness and selfregulation april 30, 2020 8.
Superflex takes on glassman and the team of unthinkables. Michelle garcia winner, pamela crooke and stephanie madrigal social thinking think social publishing, inc. Your virtual connection could be the best part of someones dayand it may be the best part of yours. Superflex a superhero social thinking curriculum package twobook set. You are a social detective provides an overview of key concepts that help to explore our own and others social thinking. Each student is encouraged to define, describe, and develop strategies to minimize the appearance of one to three personalised unthinkables who may show up. Books by michelle garcia winner author of you are a social. Michelle garcia winners most popular book is you are a social detective. This book is also the first book to read with students prior to introducing the superflex lessons, as it teaches the core social thinking vocabulary. Dr pam crooke has coauthored, with michelle garcia winner, five awardwinning books related to social thinking. Social awareness books we use with kids you are a social detective. This app is designed for both iphone and ipad usd 31.
Socially curious and curiously social, you are a social detective, social fortune or social fate, social town citizens, and their book geared to adults, good intentions are not good enough. Superflex a superhero social thinking curriculum package. This activity includes a complete example, a partial example and 3 scenarios the students will complete. Discover how to become a better social thinker with. Students will use their toolbox as social detectives to make a smart guess about the given scenarios. Amazon affiliate links are included for your convenience. Nov 15, 2010 this book is also the first book to read with students prior to introducing the superflex lessons, as it teaches the core social thinking vocabulary. Michelle garcia winner has 38 books on goodreads with 2322 ratings. Superflex bingo is a flexible, fun, and educational game. For children who would benefit from the superflex curriculum, teach the books in this order.
A superhero social thinking curriculum package twobook set. Social thinking and me teachbefore or alongside the superflex curriculum if working with kids ages 912. Social town citizens discover 82 new unthinkables for. Please start with social detective before superflex. Using superflex and social detective making pbis supercool.
During these emotionally fragile times, when we reach out to others we feel more positive, grounded, and supportedand we share these benefits with others, as well. The social detective power helps you to observe the situation and the people in the. Superflex was designed to be used only after students have been introduced to the social thinking concepts included in our childrens book you are a social detective and they have worked through related activities from our book, think social. These are the main characters that help the students relate to different social skills. Superflex takes on rock brian and the team of unthinkables. Explaining social thinking to kids by michelle garcia winner and pamela crooke. What i do like about the book are the pages in the back which offer 3 lesson plans for parents or. The threepart cognitive behavioral curriculum helps students develop further awareness of. Michelle garcia winner, pamela crooke, kelly knopp. Superflex combines a curriculum and a comic book to create a curriculum. Social thinking vocabulary key words highlighted throughout the book and defined in the back of the book include.
A superhero social thinking curriculum this book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. Books by michelle garcia winner author of you are a. This curriculum is best used with older students grade 25 because of. This introduces the students to superflex and the unthinkables. Superflex takes on rock brain and the team of unthinkables see more. Jul 24, 2015 this book covers some of the terms that are introduced in social thinking and is a great place to start. Social detective, superflex, and friends take on social emotional learning. These are our suggested guidelines, but some children, on a neurotypical developmental pathway, are. Using superflex and social detective thinking books. Philosophy and strategies to further develop perspective taking and communicative abilities for persons with asperger. Learn how to teach the awardwinning you are a social detective. The superflex curriculum offers clear lesson plans to help educators, slps, other therapists and parents create a personalized superflex superhero training academy for their students. Apr, 2015 you are a social detective is a great introduction to michelle garcia winners social thinking, written especially for kids who struggle in social situations.
The three part cognitive behavioral curriculum helps students develop further awareness of. But this isnt just a book for students who have challenges relating to autism spectrum disorders, aspergers, adhd and like. This minicurriculum is to help kids get ready to go to the superflex academy. Superheroes social skills perspective taking short takes 3 duration. This is not a standalone teaching tool do not introduce this game until your students have completed you are a social detective. Then i added some lines at the bottom for the kids to list where they use social smarts. A superhero social thinking curriculum stephanie madrigal, michelle garcia winner. A superhero social thinking curriculum provides educators.
You are a social detective is a great introduction to michelle garcia winners social thinking, written especially for kids who struggle in social situations. Make sure that before you read you are a social detective, you take the time to go over social thinking vocabulary so that kids know what you are talking about throughout the book. Superflex combines a curriculum and a comic book to create a curriculum that. Explaining social thinking to kids, is a perfect introduction to the social thinking curriculum think social. This set of books would last, at most, about 3 sessions with a student. I love using the book you are a social detective with my social skill students. A social thinking curriculum for school age students winner, 2005. Superflex a superhero social thinking curriculum thinking books. Ive had this book for several years and used it with children with autism and adhd. Social detective is designed for kinder 5th and older students and superflex is designed for 3 5th graders. The type of smarts in our brains that we use whenever we are around other people. You have the power right now to create a community of support for yourself and those you help through your digital device. Socialthinking social town citizens discover 82 new.
Instead, begin with teaching the social thinking vocabulary found in the social detective comic book or think social curriculum. By michelle garcia winner superflex takes on rock brain and the team of unthinkables by stephanie madrigal introduces superflex. Nov 08, 20 they chose 3 strong smarts and 3 weak smarts. A social thinking curriculum for school age students. Its the perfect supplemental teaching tool to be used with individuals who are learning about or have already been introduced to the superflex curriculum. I narrowed it down to more comprehensive and indepth apps that target a variety of social skills. First a little background on our two primary school products with a legion of children and adult fans in the uk, usa and around the world. Social welfare policy and social programs sw 323k social welfare programs, policies, and issues holler if you hear me. Superflex uses superflexible thinking skills to defeat unthinkables that invade a persons brain, and causes the person to act unexpectedly.
It enables students to practice identifying social thinking concepts and superflex characters to strengthen their selfregulation and superflexible thinking powers. A superhero social thinking curriculum provides educators, parents and therapists fun and motivating ways to teach students with asperger syndrome, highfunctioning autism, adhd and other diagnosed and undiagnosed social difficulties how to build social thinking skills. Superflex takes on rock brain comic adult introduces superflex takes on rock brain comic book only comic only. Explaining social thinking to kids by garcia winner, michelle, crooke, pamela, knopp, kelly isbn. Superflex 35 social emotional resource site for sps. The threepart cognitive behavioral curriculum helps students develop further. Jan 05, 2016 this app is designed for both iphone and ipad usd 31. This book covers some of the terms that are introduced in social thinking and is a great place to start. When moving past the primary grades, mgw and stephanie madrigal, ms, cccslp, have developed the superflex. Ensure kids have mastered the concepts before moving on. This post contains amazon affiliate links for your convenience. Superflex was designed to be used only after students have been introduced to the social thinking concepts included in our childrens book, you are a social detective, and they have worked through related activities from our book, think social. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Whenever i use this book as a teaching tool, i read one section at a time.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Michelle garcia winner books list of books by author. The threepart cognitive behavioural curriculum helps students develop further awareness of their own thinking and social behaviours and learn strategies to help. Superflex a superhero social thinking curriculum package two. This app is available only on the app store for iphone and ipad. Socialthinking superflex a superhero social thinking. Superflex and friends take on social emotional learningsel.