Asperger's Syndrome

Authors: Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela CrookeUse these colourful Superflex stickers at home, at school, or on the go! These stickers are to be used in association with lessons from Superflex Curriculum Superflex and the Team of Thinkables are within each of us and give us powers to figure out how to adapt our behavior based on what’s going on in different situations. Use Thinkable Stickers to: Encourage a social learner to call on the powers of their SuperflexEach Thinkable adds to one’s...

Written by Michelle Garcia Winner and Stephanie Madrigal Illustrated by Kyle Richardson Superflex Takes on One-Sided Sid, Un-Wonderer and the Team of Unthinkables is the fourth comic book in the Superflex series, designed to help children learn more about their own social behaviour and strategies to regulate it. Individuals should already be familiar with the Superflex Curriculum before reading this book. In this newest comic, children become familiar with several ways to squash the powers of...

By Michelle Garcia Winner This Superflex poster colourfully shows the full Team of Unthinkables - from Mean Jean to Energy Hare-y - and how they try to take on Superflex. Superflex always remains in the centre, flexing his superior strengths and reminding us to use our flexible thinking to overcome those Unthinkables wherever they lurk! The poster serves as a visual reminder and steady reinforcer for your lessons and is perfect for the classroom, the bedroom - anywhere flexible thinking is...

Sing your Unthinkables to rest with these 13 fun, catchy, and educational songs that support children's social emotional learning as taught through the Superflex curriculum! Each song is an upbeat combination of music and lyrics that can help kids learn more about Social Town, the sneaky Unthinkables, and training at the Superflex Academy to help them seek their "Hero Inside". It was an honor to have these songs written by three-time Emmy nominated songwriters, Michael and Patty...

by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner New Edition! Updated & ExpandedFor more than a decade, the practical, motivating, and kid-friendly Superflex Curriculum has been a core resource for teaching students about flexibility, self-awareness, social interpretation, metacognition, executive functions, and self-regulation. This updated and expanded Superflex® 2nd Edition Kit: Curriculum, Storybook, and Visuals augments the available resources and enhances support for educators,...

Ages: 7-10+Pages: 74Format: PaperbackPublished: 2012 Written by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner Illustrated by Kyle Richardson Superflex® takes on Brain Eater focuses on one of the social cognitive challenges we see most often in our students, distractibility, with strategies on how to stay on track with every day activities like getting ready for school and listening in class! This engaging comic book is the third in our Superflex series designed to help children learn more about...

Written by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner Illustrated by Kelly Knopp In Superflex® Takes on Glassman and the Team of Unthinkables, our Super Social Thinker swoops down to help Aiden overcome the Unthinkable, Glassman (who causes our over-reactions to small things) at just the right time: the first day of school! Superflex, the caped cognitive specialist, shows primary school students how they can use strategies to conquer their own "Team of Unthinkables," like Glassman...

Defeat those clever Unthinkables in style, and discover your hero inside! The Superflexible Me Superflex Cape provides a fun way to help kids remember to use their superflexible thinking anytime, anywhere and call upon the strategies they’re learning about in Superflex® A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum. Superflex is the superflexible thinking superhero that lives inside each of us and helps us work through our social challenges. The “Superflexible Me!” message reinforces the idea that...

Author: Beverley ThirkellThis resource provides practical and visual counselling techniques for children and adolescents across the age range. The techniques remove the need for wordy explanations and long conversation, while giving opportunities for children and adolescents to explore their thoughts and feelings, many of whom may find it hard to express themselves. This resource is particularly helpful for those with social and communication disorders, language problems, autism spectrum...

Authors: Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey, Beth ReynoldsTasks Galore – Book 2 (Red) – For the Real WorldThis is a valuable tool for preparing your older students, adolescents and adults for independence in the home, school, community and/or workplace. The introduction section describes a process for developing and teaching functional goals. Forty-three colourful photo pages present task ideas in these categories:Domestic SkillsVocational SkillsIndependent Living SkillsJob Sites &...

Authors: Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey, Beth ReynoldsTasks Galore: Book 3 (Blue): Making Groups MeaningfulThis book aids teachers, parents and therapists in applying structured teaching techniques within classroom groups, school specials and even parties!Designing meaningful home and school group activities involve integrating IEP goals, individualising structure and communication and teaching rules.Tasks Galore Publishing Inc. was created to provide parents and professionals with...

Authors: Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey, Beth ReynoldsTasks Galore – Book 4 (Green) – Let’s Play – Structured Steps to Social Engagement and Symbolic PlayTasks Galore Let’s Play, the fourth book in the popular resource series for parents, teachers, and therapists, utilises play as the program for learning. There is more and more evidence that direct teaching of play skills can increase young children’s symbolic understanding and, thus, have an impact on their imitation, language,...

Authors: Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey, Beth ReynoldsTasks Galore: Book 5 (Grey): Literature-Based Thematic Units (includes accompanying boardbook: I’m Hungry, I’m Hungry, What shall I do?)The fifth book in the popular resource series for parents, teachers, and therapists, integrates instruction across core curriculum areas by utilising multi-sensory learning.Using the accompanying storybook as a guide for creating literature-based thematic units, the authors have designed...

Author: Anne VizeThis indispensable reference title provides teachers, early childhood professionals and others in education settings with accurate and timely information about a wide range of disabilities and special or additional needs which can exist in childhood. It focuses on disabilities and conditions that exist from birth or which present during the early to middle childhood phase (up to the end of primary school).The ‘red flags’ are a pointer to critical information that you may not...

Written by Brooke RossIllustrated by Skye McBainWritten from the perspective of an eight-year-old child, The Boy with a Different Brain offers readers a beautifully honest and uncensored account of exactly what it feels like to be friends with a person with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).Through descriptions of everyday situations and some of the more common ASD quirks, the narrator seeks to break down the stigma associated with ASD and build upon their friend’s very unique set of strengths,...

by Amy Kahofer and Jack Pranksy Illustrated by T.M. DuSablon The Power of Thought on Feelings, was previously titled What is a Thought?Why the title change?A core message of this beautiful poem is how our thoughts impact our feelings and that we can learn to manage our thoughts to help us better manage our feelings. We felt the original title did not convey this message.What other changes were made to the book when the title changed?Small changes were made in the introduction and in the back of...

Authors: Leah Kuypers and Elizabeth Sautter Adapted from the colourful 2-page layout in The Regulation Station storybook, this 24” x 18” poster summarises lessons taught throughout The Zones of Regulation 2-Storybook Set. The poster is an in-the-moment reminder of the four steps needed to (1) recognise your feelings, (2) identify your Zone, (3) choose a tool, and (4) use the tool to help regulate your feelings experienced across different situations. Use the poster at home, school, or clinic to...

By Leah Kuypers, MA, OT, Autism SpecialistNew updated emotions illustrations!Inclusivity and representation of all learners are important to us! We are pleased to announce that we have included a more diverse representation of characters within our Zones emotions illustrations throughout the 2021 printing of the curriculum book. While eight characters can’t possibly embody all the spectrum of humanity, we hope that learners see glimpses of themselves and those they know among this new cast.The...

THIS ITEM IS DISCOUNTED AS IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED, SCUFFED, CREASED OR DENTED IN TRANSIT OR IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THIS ITEM IS PERFECTLY USABLE BUT WILL HAVE SOME COSMETIC DAMAGE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE USB MAY NOT BE INCLUDED WITH THESE COPIES, HOWEVER A LINK TO THE DOWNLOADABLE HANDOUTS WILL BE INSIDE THE BOOK.RETURNS WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS ITEM By Leah Kuypers, MA, OT, Autism SpecialistThe Zones of Regulation is a curriculum geared toward helping students gain skills in consciously...