Official Social Thinking
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The Social Thinking® Methodology is designed to teach and support individuals, ages 4 and older, how to better understand the social world, foster relationships, develop organizational skills, and build social competencies to meet their authentic social goals. The materials in the methodology are comprised of storybooks, teaching curricula, games, posters, and other products that have been developed alongside our clients and families. Our strategies help to break down complex social and organizational concepts into understandable parts that can be applied across settings. We believe that social concepts like social attention, perspective taking, interpretation, and problem-solving form the foundation of academic standards. These core building blocks promote literacy, collaboration, executive functions, and provide a scaffold for interpreting abstract academic and social information.
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Social Detective & Superflex 2nd Ed. Extension Bundle (41 pgs total)
This is a bundle of add-on lessons that connect the award winning curriculum series: You are a Social Detective and Superflex 2nd Edition (2024). It contains 41 pages of lessons and templates for extending the learning in small groups, classrooms, or 1:1 settings - both at home and school. Note: These downloadable lessons are best taught when kids are familiar with the Detective and Superflex Series https://www.socialthinking.com We hope you find these new resources ( not found anywhere except
2nd - 6th
Social Emotional Learning
Superflex 2nd Edition: Lesson Extension Bundle (23 pgs total)
This is a full bundle of extension or add-on lessons that connect to the NEW (2024) Superflex 2nd Edition. It contains 23 pages of fun ways to extend the learning in small groups, classrooms, or 1:1 settings - both at home and school. Note: These downloadable lessons are best taught when kids are familiar with Superflex, UnthinkaBots, and Thinkables (all part of the Social Thinking Methodology). https://www.socialthinking.com We hope you find these new resources ( not found anywhere except TPT)
2nd - 6th
Social Emotional Learning
People Files to Conversations Bundle: Part 1 (14pgs)
This is a bundles set of 5 Thinksheets [14 pages] in a series of lessons teaching about what we call PEOPLE FILES. People files help us to understand ourselves and others. They are foundational tools for having conversations. Overview of PEOPLE FILES: When we’re getting to know people, we learn all kinds of things about them (good and not so good) by listening and observing. We use our Social Detective skills to collect social clues about people. Then we save that information in the people files
2nd - 5th
Social Emotional Learning
People files+Asking Questions = Detectives Bundle: Part 2 (11pgs)
This is a bundle of 11 Thinksheets that contain lessons that build and extend on SOCIAL THINKING Part 1: People files to Conversations Bundle. In this Part 2, students learn about Question words and how to use their observational skills to make people files that help them to ask others questions and in the process learn about being a Social Detective. In part 1, students learned about building people files from Ava and Oliver. They learned about Topic Tools. They also learned some simple wa
2nd - 5th
Social Emotional Learning
NEW! Tools and Tips for Gatherings and Groups (9pgs)
This is a bundle set of 9 pages of Thinksheets and lessons for teaching strategies to prepare students for groups and gatherings, something our students encounter on a regular basis. The lessons include: Making a ME file, Asking for help when needed, figuring out strategies for being more comfortable, and connecting to others with wonder questions. Finally, we've included a "game" that is commonly found in group gatherings (2 Truths and a Trick). Use these Thinksheets to help your students, cli
2nd - 5th
25 Pages of Free Lessons for 2025
WELCOME 2025! If you are looking for common sense, practical, and evidence-aligned teaching tools to help build social and academic skills, you've found the place. Here are 25 pages of free lessons to kick off 2025. Some of these you might have already seen here on TPT, but we decided to compile them into one bundle so you won’t need to scroll and search. Hope this helps support your teaching.
1st - 9th
Chores: Superflex Executive Functioning Bundle (21 pgs)
This is a full bundle of all of the Superflex executive functioning lessons/thinksheets related to chores. It contains Handouts 2-11 in the series. Make sure to download the free lesson [1]: What is a chore? if you chose this bundled set. Doing chores requires executive functioning! But building EF is not just about tasks at home. Chores (or things we don't want to do) can require structured teaching. And we know that learning how to do this isn't always motivating for kids so we've pulled tog
3rd - 6th
Free: Detectives Make a SMART GUESS about the Plan (Home & School) - 4pgs
There two sets of thinksheets (thinking worksheets) for "What's the Group plan?" The first is about gathering clues in the school environment and the 2nd is for home. Both sets have a blank template and a filled out example. These free lesson templates are extension lessons and a companion to You are a Social Detective 2nd ed. (https://www.socialthinking.com/products/superflex-curriculum-dynamic-duo-basic-bundle). But, no additional resources are needed if you've already taught the concepts of
2nd - 6th
Social Emotional Learning
Social Thinking: A PEOPLE File all about ME!
This is Thinksheet 1 in a series of lessons teaching about what we call PEOPLE FILES. People files help us to understand ourselves and others. They are foundational tools for having conversations. Overview of PEOPLE FILES: When we’re getting to know people, we learn all kinds of things about them (good and not so good) by listening and observing. We use our Social Detective skills to collect social clues about people. Then we save that information in the people files we create in our brain for t
2nd - 5th
Social Emotional Learning
NEW Free Activity: Hooray and Oh No!
Here's a free activity that is great for the holiday or anytime of year. Introduce to your classroom, small group, or have fun sharing an imagination at home. Hooray and Oh No is a way to build narrative language by connecting thoughts and ideas to one another in a fun (and often silly) way. You'll build stories together and laugh at the UPs and DOWNs of your story. In the end, everyone has fun and you're building flexibility, problem-solving, critical thinking, and narrative skills. Thanks for
Not Specific
Speaking & Listening
Social Thinking Vocabulary: 5 Core Concepts
At the heart of the Social Thinking Methodology is our vocabulary. It’s our way of translating complex social concepts into a simpler form that can be taught and used as a common language to talk about what it means to “be social” across people, cultures, and context. Social Thinking Vocabulary (STV) encourages individuals to actively notice what’s happening around them. The vocabulary travels across home, school, and community settings and can be used whenever and wherever there is a need to t
Not Specific
Character Education, Social Emotional Learning, Speaking & Listening
NEW Free Activity: Getting Myself Ready...
Here's a free activity that is great for the holiday or anytime of year. What will it be like??? When people gather to celebrate, it can be fun. It can also feel complicated. Special gatherings are special for a reason, we don’t do them all the time. This means we might have less of a picture of what it might look like. If we spend time thinking about the situation before it happens, it might help to feel a little more comfortable. You may not be able to see what something will look like ahead
Not Specific
Speaking & Listening
NEW Free Activity: Superflex Academy Valentine's Day Quest
Here's a free activity that is great for Superflex Academy students! Figure out which UnthinkaBot showed up and which Thinkable can help in some common Valentine’s Day situations. For more information about the Superflex Curriculum Series and associated lessons and games go to https://www.socialthinking.com/detective-superflex-series-social-learning-curriculum Terms of use: The images and intellectual property contained in the lessons from our store may contain both copyrighted information or
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Social Emotional Learning
Social Detective and Superflex Activity Collection
Time to power up and lock in learning with this set of 25 Social Detective and Superflex coloring/activity sheets! You’ve been asking for simple, engaging tools that kids can do by themselves or in a group to reinforce the core concepts found in the Superflex® Curriculum Series. This coloring/activity set features 7 Social Detective and 18 Superflex pages to extend the learning. Whether you are working in a classroom, a small group, or at home, this set is a way for kids to reflect on their lear
1st - 5th
Character Education, Coloring Pages, Social Emotional Learning
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Experience
The Social Thinking® Methodology is designed to teach and support individuals, ages 4 and older, how to better understand the social world, foster relationships, develop organizational skills, and build social competencies to meet their authentic social goals. The materials in the methodology are comprised of storybooks, teaching curricula, games, posters, and other products that have been developed alongside our clients and families. Our strategies help to break down complex social and organizational concepts into understandable parts that can be applied across settings. We believe that social concepts like social attention, perspective taking, interpretation, and problem-solving form the foundation of academic standards. These core building blocks promote literacy, collaboration, executive functions, and provide a scaffold for interpreting abstract academic and social information.
Teaching style
Our work is for any individual who has unmet social goals but is experiencing lagging social or organizational strategies to meet those goals, regardless of whether the individual has an educational or medical diagnosis. Our strategies are designed to support the learner “where they are” at that moment in time. Many individuals with social learning differences, difficulties, disabilities, or those with unmet goals have found our materials to be helpful. The methodology focuses on teaching “why” we use social competencies rather than using a behavioral approach to teach people to memorize social skills. For that reason, our materials are a better fit for those who actively think about thinking (metacognition) and have strong expressive language and cognition. And while our work is not a good match for everyone, we promote acceptance and inclusion for all.
Awards & shining teacher moments
The new Detective and Superflex Curricula have won several awards in 2024, including Mom's Choice, Parenting Award, Creative Child Award, and International Book Awards!
Additional biographical information
The Social Thinking Methodology continually evolves based on the latest research, clinical insights, and input from the educational, therapeutic, and Neurodivergent community. The tools from the methodology have been a source of teaching and supports in specialized groups (Tiers 2 and 3) and mainstream classrooms (Tier 1), as well as workplace office settings. Some age-based curricula have been adopted both schoolwide and districtwide. For more than 25 years, our live conference series, on-demand videos, and free articles have been a guiding resource for schools, homeschools, clinics, offices, and homes around the world.
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