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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...

by Frances HillGifted and talented individuals possess the attributes and abilities to enrich their own lives and to make a valuable contribution to the knowledge society. This potential can be maximised by the provision of a tailored education which provides the scope and balance which gifted students crave. The perception that gifted students will achieve, regardless of the educational provision, because of their innate abilities, still lingers. International research, however, points to the...

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...

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...

Whether you are just getting started with the Zones of Regulation® curriculum or need more visual supports for teaching the Zones framework, these four posters give you the opportunity to take advantage of all those in-the-moment teaching situations that are part of everyday life. Individual posters are also sold separately.Set includes:The Zones of Regulation dry-erase posterNew emotions illustrations with greater diversity! This durable, colour-coded, 24” x 18” dry-erase poster highlights four...

By Leah Kuypers This poster reinforces the teachings of The Zones of Regulation book/curriculum. Using a cognitive behaviour approach, the curriculum’s learning activities are designed to help students recognise when they are in different states called “zones,” with each of the four colour-coded and "road sign" oriented for clear recognition and reinforcement. Along the way, students learn how to use strategies or tools to stay in a zone or move from one to another. Students explore...

Ages: 5-11Pages: 152Format: 2-storybook set (shrink-wrapped)Published: 2021Authors: Leah Kuypers and Elizabeth Sautter The two children’s books in the The Zones of Regulation Storybook Set were created to provide an easy, kid friendly way to kick off and support lessons for children ages 5-11 years old, while using the The Zones of Regulation curriculum (book). The storybooks are meant to be used in conjunction with lessons from the curriculum book, The Zones of Regulation .The Road to...

for Teaching Social Thinking and Related Skills to students with High Functioning Autism, PDD-NOS, Asperger Syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disability, ADHD by Michelle Garcia Winner This book builds on the basic philosophy offered in THINKING ABOUT YOU THINKING ABOUT ME. Created at the request of educators, therapists and parents to learn more about how to teach students with weak social cognition and related social skills (Asperger's Syndrome, PDD-NOS, High Functioning Autism, ADHD, NLD,...

New Edition! Super Updates, Changes & Additions Imagine the fun possibilities with this visual teaching tool designed for ultimate flexibility and creativity in teaching and bolstering learning of the Superflex® curriculum and Social Thinking® concepts. These plastic-coated decks include 52 cards each with multiples of the updated UnthinkaBots (formerly Unthinkables), Thinkables, Social Detective, and Superflex characters with their images, names, and powers. Use a Thinkable card to say...

Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME is designed for people who live with or teach children or adults who struggle to consider the point of view or motives of others. This is a crucial skill and is needed to develop effective interpersonal relations but it is a hugely complex task to achieve for anyone with a social cognition disability. Following up on her first book, Inside Out: What Makes a Person with Social Cognitive Disorders Tick? Social Thinking expert Michelle Garcia Winner illuminates...

(formerly titled Worksheets!) by Michelle Garcia Winner Mini-lesson plans for higher-functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorder, social (pragmatic) communication disorder, ADHD, or other related social-emotional learning challenges. One of Social Thinking's best-selling books, Worksheets!, now has a new name: Thinksheets. Same great content, now with a new title and cover. THINKSHEETS for Teaching Social Thinking and Related Skills provides parents and educators with concrete ways to...

Ages: 10+Format: Bundle with GamesPublished: 2016Authors: Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke, Dominique Baudry, Linda K. MurphyThe social mind is dynamic. It changes and evolves continuously throughout the tween and teen years as kids begin to forge a stronger sense of self. But as they age, the social world also expands in its complexity. Expectations for how a child makes sense of the social world, socially responds, and behaves seem to suddenly shift and transform as more sophisticated...

These visual supports encourage the active use of 10 Social Thinking Vocabulary concepts that lay the foundation for social learning, which are fundamental to the social experience and are relevant across languages, cultures, and ages (starting at age 4). While they are a small set of our broader teaching platform, they are an important place to begin an individual’s discovery into their own social-emotional learning as well as discovering the social world that surrounds them, regardless of...

Ages: 4-7Format: PaperbackPublished: 2016Authors: Ryan Hendrix, Kari Zweber Palmer, Nancy Tarshis and Michelle Garcia WinnerNow for the first time in one great-value bundle! We Thinkers! is the premier social emotional learning series from Social Thinking® for helping social learners ages 4–7 develop foundational social competencies. These practice-proven, evidence-based materials are designed for both typically developing children and those with social learning challenges to strengthen social...

By Ryan Hendrix, Kari Zweber Palmer, Nancy Tarshis and Michelle Garcia Winner The We Thinkers! series helps children build foundational social competencies and essential life skills through stories, lessons, and play activities. The teachings help kids better understand themselves and others, develop self-awareness, perspective taking, social problem solving, and supports students’ social-emotional learning, relationship building, classroom learning, and academic performance. The material is...

By Ryan E. Hendrix, Kari Zweber Palmer, Nancy Tarshis and Michelle Garcia WinnerThe We Thinkers! series helps children build fundamental social competencies and improve their social and academic performance. Teachers, clinicians, and parents give it rave reviews!We Thinkers! Volume 2 picks up where Volume 1 left off. The concepts across the series are sequential. It's important to use Volume 1 before moving on to Volume 2.In Volume 2 Social Problem Solvers we explore how to figure out the social...

Written by Kristen Wilson and Elizabeth Sautterr Illustrated by Kyle Richardson Also available: Whole Body Listening Larry at SchoolBeing a good listener means much more than just hearing what is said with the ears. It is important to break down ALL of the components of listening, to teach your kids to listen with their eyes, hands, feet, brains, hearts - indeed their whole bodies! Designed to stimulate discussions at home and at school about how we listen as a member of our family and in...

Written by Kristen Wilson and Elizabeth Sautter Illustrated by Eric Hutchison Also available: Whole Body Listening Larry at HomeThis is the 2nd book in our two-part series to help our students develop a better concept of holistic listening, or Whole Body Listening. In this charming comic book, based on the idea created by Susanne P. Truesdale (1990), the authors, Sautter and Wilson explore how two siblings, Leah and Luka struggle to focus their brains and bodies during the school day. Kindly, a...

Questioning Our Assumptions About What It Means To Learn Social SkillsToday's children (both neurotypical and those with social learning challenges) are entering school with declining abilities to learn in a group, attend to a lesson, be considerate toward others, or self-regulate their own behaviour. Teachers are increasingly finding themselves ill-equipped with the know-how, tools, and strategies to teach students about social awareness, emotional intelligence, and self-regulation of...