SUPERFLEX
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This curriculum by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner teaches
Social Thinking® concepts and flexibility using a superhero, Superflex, who
defeats the “Team of Unthinkables”, 14 villains with specific inflexible
behaviors. It teaches students how to identify inflexible behaviors in
themselves and others and teaches specific strategies for changing
inflexible behaviors.
The Team of Unthinkables and their powers include:
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Rock Brain - makes you get stuck on ideas
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Glassman - makes you have big reactions to small problems
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Destroyer of Fun (DOF) - makes you competitive
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Mean Jean - makes you mean and bossy
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One-Sided Sid - makes you think only about yourself
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Energy Hare-y - gives you too much energy
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Grump-Grumpaniny - makes you grumpy
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Un-Wonderer - makes you not wonder about others
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Worry Wall - makes you worry too much
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Topic Twister Meister (TTM) - makes you say things off topic
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Wasfunnyonce - makes you use humor inappropriately
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Space Invader - makes you invade people’s personal space
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Body Snatcher - takes your body away from the group
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Brain Eater - keeps you from thinking about what the group is thinking about
References:
www.socialthinking.com
Curriculum
- Superflex … A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia
Winner
- Think Social! A Social Thinking Curriculum for School-Age Students by Michelle Garcia Winner
Supplementary Curriculum Material – Comic Books
- Superflex takes on Rock Brain and the Team of Unthinkables by Stephanie Madrigal
- Superflex takes on Glassman and the Team of Unthinkables by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle
Garcia Winner
- Superflex Takes on Brain Eater and the Team of Unthinkables by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle
Garcia Winner
All images are copyrighted by Think Social Publishing