If we have unexpected behavior, people might have uncomfortable thoughts about us.I am passionate, a little bit quirky ( some may say a little bit more) and dedicated to serving children with Autism. For example, we use expected behavior to make sure that people have comfortable thoughts about us. We can coach them to understand the difference between expected and unexpected behavior. How Can We Use the Vocabulary from Superflex and the Unthinkables to Increase Flexible Thinking? We can help our children become social detectives! We can teach them that we use our social smarts at school too, not just our school smarts.
Glass Man, who makes people have huge upset reactions.One-Sided Sid, who gets people to only talk about themselves.Space Invader, who gets people to invade others personal space.Body Snatcher, who moves peoples body away from the group.Rock Brain, who makes people get stuck on their ideas.Here are a few of members of the Team of Unthinkables who invade the brains of Social Town citizens: The Unthinkables will try to do anything to overpower Superflex, as it’s their goal to rule Social Town! Superflex helps children become flexible thinkers so that their brains don’t get stuck on what they want to do all the time. He is an amazing problem solver and can think of multiple solutions for one problem. Superflex is a totally flexible superhero! His goal is to find out what others need and want.
#STUCK THINKING ROCK BRAIN HOW TO#
Superflex and the team of Unthinkables live in Social Town and they help to teach children about their own social behavior and strategies on how to regulate it. Who are Superflex and the Team of Unthinkables? Children and adults who have a wide range of diagnoses such as: Asperger’s syndrome, PDD-NOS, High-functioning Autism, and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Social Communication Disorder, ADHD/ADD, Non-verbal learning disability, Specific Language Impairment, Learning disabilities, TBI- Traumatic, Brain Injury, Velocardial Facial Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Prader Willi Syndrome, Social Phobia, Social Anxiety, Anxiety, Depression etc.Children and adults who have a verbal IQ of at least 70.Who can benefit from the Social Thinking curriculum and materials? Become open minded when faced with new information.
Generate different ways to problem solve in difficult situations.Learn how to handle unexpected situations.Michelle Garcia Winner, a speech and language pathologist who learned about social cognition in her early career, created the term Social Thinking.
Social Thinking is a language-based teaching approach that focuses on social problem solving, cognitive flexibility and the emotions and points of view of others.
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