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"This book is a MUST READ!
From Michelle's detailed explanations and case examples, to the oh-so-practical strategies and worksheets and ready-to-use IEP goals, her book covers it all! I can't recommend it enough!" Sue Carpenter, Special Education Teacher & parent of a daughter with social cognitive learning challenges
Perspective taking is crucial to the development of advanced social thinking and related skills. Yet, individuals with social cognitive challenges are often "in the dark" when it comes to understanding the ebb and flow of verbal and nonverbal communication that contributes to social understanding within different social situations.
Up until now, this realm of assessment and teaching has been nebulous and undefined, with little concrete material available to help parents, educators, or service providers in understanding social thinking learning challenges and then devising instructional programs to help these children and adults.
Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME, 2nd Edition, comes to the rescue of anyone who has stood and scratched their heads, wondering just how to explain the complex topics related to social understanding. Following up on her first book, Inside Out: What Makes Persons With Social Cognitive Disorders Tick? Social Thinking expert Michelle Garcia Winner illuminates perspective taking and its impact on a student's ability to interact socially, be part of a group, and comprehend academic assignments often laden with social themes. Topics include:
A review of social cognition and related theories. Perspective taking is defined and its impact on students of varying functional levels is discussed.
A hierarchy of therapeutic activities that introduce and explore perspective taking with individuals, school-aged through adults. Includes perspective taking, physical proximity, "thinking with your eyes”, and language use.
Concrete strategies that break down complex verbal conversational language and social interactions to help students become aware of the impact their words and actions have on other people's thoughts, emotions, and actions.
Sample IEP goals and benchmarks, along with complete lessons that can be used in a school or therapeutic setting.
Extensive information related to assessment of social thinking impairments in children and adults. Discusses strengths and weaknesses of existing diagnostic and assessment tools, and introduces a qualitative tool, The Social Thinking Dynamic Assessment Protocol, to more accurately gauge a student's level of social thinking impairment.
