Social Cognition Series: Part II
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“Social Cognition Teaching
Strategies: Perspective Taking &
Social Problem Solving”
PRESENTED BY: JILL D. KUZMA, M.A., CCC-SLP
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Social Thinking ®: The “Tree” Analogy
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 The Social Thinking-Social Learning Tree
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Michelle Garcia Winner, 2012 – www.socialthinking.com
“teaching in the leaves”
vs.
starting at the
roots/trunk
® “Social Thinking” registered term of Michelle Garcia Winner –
www.socialthinking.com
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The Parts of the tree
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The LEAVES: the individual skill that
contributes to the “branch”
The BRANCHES: apply social thinking skills to
academics (comprehension, written/oral expression),
conversation skills, organization, interpreting social cues,
social problem solving, social filter, cognitive flexibility
The TRUNK: central coherence processing, executive function
skills, more sophisticated emotional regulation, sophisticated
perspective taking skills - overall synthesis of the “root” skills
The ROOTS: joint attention, emotional reciprocity, theory
of mind, language development, attention
maintainence/shifting
Source: Winner, 2012
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What kind of student should work
on “Social Cognitive” skills?
 Average to above average intelligence – this is a
language-based and meta-cognitive approach
 ASD, ADD, ADHD, EBD and most of the other
kinds of “D” ending labels!
 Many times these challenges do not emerge until
later elementary years or middle school
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Teaching Ideas
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Think about what others are
thinking & how this impacts
you. Understand hidden
intentions & non-verbal cues
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Bubbles
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Talking Bubbles
Words that come out of my
mouth
Public - other people can
hear my talking bubble
words
Talking bubble words can
affect how other people feel
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Thinking Bubbles
Words that I think
inside my head
Private - no one can hear
my talking bubble words
Talking bubble words
are secret, so they
cannot hurt other
people’s feelings.
But, be careful!
If you have
hurtful words,
Don’t pop your
thinking bubble!
Talking & Thinking Bubbles
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Over your head
Storybooks
Paused on the TV
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Talk-Think-Feel
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Use this visual to
teach the concept
that there are 3
things we need to
know to figure out
someone’s
perspective: words,
thoughts and
emotions.
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Your “Social Sense”
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Your “Social Sense”
“Social Smarts”
 Carol Gray’s lesson, but directed toward the
target students
 Explain why they come for group or service
 Use as a “vocabulary cue” from then on
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Magazine Cut-Outs
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Brain Drawings
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 Brain Drawings - help to teach students that they
can recall things about themselves but also things
about other people as well.
Dillon has a brother and likes
playing with Star Wars Legos. He
has a cat named Puddy.
I like to read books about the Titanic.
I like Star Wars video games.
Colin likes to go fishing.
He like Yuh-Gi-Oh, but
not Pokemon anymore.
He likes Bionicles. Colin
is afraid of my dog.
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I have a dog for a pet.
I wish I had a lizard for a pet.
Source: Michelle-Garcia Winner,
Think Social book
Social Filter
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Start with Analogies (water filter, furnace filter,
computer spam/virus filter, etc.) All of these
items serve to traps the harmful “stuff”, so only
the “good” stuff comes through the filter
Social Filter - traps the harmful words, so
only kind words come through
Relate to “Don’t pop your thinking bubble!”
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Social Filter
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Social Filter
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Social Secrets
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 “Hidden curriculum”
 Learning explicitly
what most peers learn
implicitly.
 Role play
opportunities - the
“right way” and the
“wrong way” to do the
social secret.
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Social Secret Examples
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Social Secret Examples
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Using Video Clips
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 Movie/TV Clip Analysis
Present movie clips and ask the following
perspective-taking questions:
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“How does ____ feel?”
“How do you know he/she feels that way?”
“What does ____ want?”
“What does ____ really mean when he/she said____”
Example clips:
Saved by the Bell, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Survivor, Thomas the
Tank Engine, Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
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Expected/Unexpected Social Behaviors
 Expected Behaviors
 “Things
kids do or say that other kids
think is friendly, helpful and respectful”
 Unexpected Behaviors
 “Things
kids do or say that other kids
think is not friendly, weird, hurtful and
disrespectful”
Jill’s definitions of Michelle Garcia Winner’s
concepts (www.socialthinking.com)
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Example:
Eating in the Cafeteria at School
Unexpected Behaviors
Expected Behaviors
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Sit with other kids
Use utensils
Eat off of your own tray
Talk with people
# 3 voice level
Use your napkin
Follow rules to dismissed
Look at people’s faces &
eyes
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Sit away from other kids
Not allowing kids to sit next to
you
Sloppy eating (food on face,
fingers)
Wiping your face or fingers on
your shirt
Getting up to leave without
permission
Not talking to anyone
Not smiling
Social Behavior Mapping continued…
The Fine Print
Says…
Expected Behaviors
or Unexpected
Behaviors
How They Make
Others Feel
Natural Outcomes
YOU Experience
How you Feel About
Yourself
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In Your Shoes
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Created by SLP
Blogger, Jenna
Rayburn at:
Speech Room
News
Game format –
2 levels of Problem
Solving Cards –
Level 1 for K-3,
Level 2 for 4-6
grade.
Available for purchase/download at for $4 at
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/In-Your-Shoes
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Website Resource: http://autismteachingstrategies.com
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Website with many free social skill downloads http://autismteachingstrategies.com/free-social-skills-downloads/
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More from Autism Teaching Strategies
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Website creator,
Joel Shaul, LCSW –
shares 24 cards of
socially “rigid”
scenarios to print –
use for role plays
and talk about the
“flexible” way to
handle the
situation
http://autismteachingstrategies.com/autism-strategies/flexibility-inkids-with-asd-card-activity-to-teach-this-social-skill-to-children-on-theautism-spectrum/
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Pinterest Emotion Boards
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Use these board with
Thinking Bubbles to talk
about feelings,
perspectives and
intensions of the people
depicted.
http://pinterest.com/jillk
uzma/emotions-bodylanguage-photos/
http://pinterest.com/pedia
staff/photos-4-socialproblem-solving/
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Social Problem Solving
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Problem Solving
Template to help a
student apply
perspective taking
skills to actual
misunderstandings
they are a part of
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Visual Processing
Sheet
Source: Blog: One Happy Teacher
http://onehappyteacher.blogspot.c
om/2011/08/classroommanagement-visual-thinksheet.html
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iOS Apps to Support Perspective Taking Skills
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Thoughts by App Apps LLC - .99
Hidden Curriculum for Kids, by AAPC – 1.99
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Perspective Taking Idioms :
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 Bury the hatchet
 Cry wolf
 Let the cat out of the bag
 2 peas in a pod
 Other side of the coin
 Penny for your thoughts
 Pull the wool over your eyes
 See eye to eye
 Two-faced
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References
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Gray, Carol. (July 2002). The Sixth Sense II. Future Horizons Publishing,
Arlington, TX. www.futurehorizons-autism.com
Jill Kuzma’s Website: http://jillkuzma.wordpress.com
Winner, Michelle (2007). Social Behavior Mapping. Think Social Publishing,
San Jose, CA. www.socialthinking.com
Winner, Michelle (2006). Think Social: A Social Thinking Curriculum for
School-Age Students. Think Social Publishing, San Jose, CA.
www.socialthinking.com
Winner, Michelle. (2012). The Social-Thinking Social Learning Tree:
http://www.socialthinking.com/what-is-social-thinking/social-thinkingsocial-learning-tree
Michelle Garcia-Winner website: www.socialthinking.com
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