Re: Re: Social Skills- Thank you!-Heidi

August 16, 2010

Hi Heidi,

Wanted to ask a question about this...I received the social detectives book

today. They also recommend the thinking of you thinking of me (or something

similar) and then the superflex. Do you - from your experience- find that is

true? Looking at that middle book, I am not sure I 'need' that- seems more

about figuring out deficiencies etc and I'm just looking to use the

superflex program to have fun and try to teach him more flexibility.

Just curious on your opinions. Thanks so much for your recommendations on

this! I haven't found anything remotely like this and it si definitely

needed.

>

> For anyone that doesn't have access to a Social Skills group:

> I teach in an alternative program and we have used the Superflex Social

> Thinking curriculum for kids k-8. It was orginally designed for kids on the

> spectrum (and I have used it for one 7th grader with moderate ASD). It is

> relatively inexpensive and easy to use in a one-on-one situation too. I have

> used parts of it at home with Sammy. It is set up kind of like a graphic

> novel and NOT juvenile, so the older students didn't think it was babyish (I

> taught K-8 in ONE room last year).

>

> The premise for the program is that there are " Unthinkables " who are like

> the evil villains. They get into our heads and create situations where we

> are not " flexible " in our thinking. " Superflex " is the hero who comes along

> and teaches specific strategies to help us defeat each unthinkable and

> become more " flexible " in our thinking.

>

> Sammy even made up his own Unthinkable recently to represent his OCD.

> Before he was hospitalized we were about to get to the strategies.

> There is a website if you search for Superflex Social Thinking.

> Heidi

>

> >

> > 's 21 and no date yet. (He does have Aspergers too)

> >

> > OCD mom, that does sound like a wonderful group, so glad they have that

> available.

> >

>

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