Social Thinking Connects Academic Learning to Social Learning
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Chicago Metro Area, IL
April 24-25, 2025 - please note, Day 2 is sold out
Arlington, TX
Sep. 11-12, 2025
Richmond, VA
Sep. 25-26, 2025
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Oct. 9-10, 2025
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90-minute livestreams:
Part 1: Strategies for Tweens/Teens Who Are Literal Thinkers and Socially Less Aware
Streaming live April 14, 2025 | 4 PM Pacific
Part 2: Tools for Academically Strong Tweens/Teens with Lagging Social Strategies
Streaming Live May 6, 2025 | 4 PM Pacific
Free 60-minute webinars:
Let’s Check In with The Zones
Streaming Live April 10, 2025 | 3:30 PM Pacific
Embedding Social Thinking TPT and other Free Lessons into your Teaching
Streaming Live August 11, 2025 | 3:30 PM Pacific
Product Spotlight
Social Situation Mapping
This award-winning book uses visual templates to encourage learners to engage social observation for figuring out what to do and say (or not do and say) based on a particular situation: where we are, who is present, and what is happening. Included are 80+ completed Social Situation Maps (SSMs) to explore 40+ practical everyday situations.
Social, Emotional & Academic Learning Resources Across All Ages
The Social Thinking Methodology has been a guiding resource for schools, clinics, individuals, and families around the world for more than 25 years. Our work supports individuals' social, emotional & academic learning, whether neurotypical or Neurodivergent, with or without diagnoses. Our materials are helpful for students with solid to strong expressive and receptive language skills in mainstream and special education. They can be used across developmental ages to support the development of social competencies, flexible thinking & social problem solving to improve: conversation & social connection, executive functioning, friendship & relationship development, perspective taking, self-regulation, and Social Thinking Vocabulary. Help us protect the fidelity of this body of work and be informed about how you can/can’t use our materials considering our intellectual property, copyrights and trademarks.
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Products for All Ages
Teachers, speech-language pathologists, clinicians, behavior specialists, and parents are using our expansive collection of curricula, books, games, and visual supports to improve social, emotional, and academic learning for all.
We take complicated social, emotional, and academic learning processes and teach them explicitly in a way that social learners of all ages can understand. Our work has helped over 2.5 million educators, clinicians & families around the world.
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What is Social Thinking 2.0?
3 Distinct Definitions
We have a lot of information to share. Here are three ways to understand how we use the words "social thinking":
The Term
The Business
The Methodology
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Our Methodology
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Develop Social Competencies
The Social Thinking Methodology provides evidence-based strategies to help people ages four throughout adulthood develop their social competencies, flexible thinking, and social problem solving to meet their own social goals and improve:
- Conversation & social connection
- Executive functioning
- Friendship & relationship development
- Perspective taking
- Self-regulation
- Social Thinking Vocabulary
