Thursday, October 20, 2011
Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME
Michelle Garcia Winner will address changes to DSM V for ASD and how understanding different levels of social learners leads to better treatment, plus she will present executive functioning and organizational strategies and other practical concepts for teaching and treating students with high-fuctioning autism (and Asperger's), ADHD, NLD and similar diagnosed and undiagnosed social-communicative challenges.
Perspective taking involves the synergy among the researched concepts of "Theory of Mind," gestalt processing and executive functioning. This workshop will explore how central the concepts and skills related to "perspective taking" (also referred to as "social communication") are to all social contact and interpretation, non-verbal or verbal, intentional and non-intentional. The workshop day examines research-based information but is practical and participants have said they leave with a better understanding of the specific social communication and academic needs of their students/children.
http://www.socialthinking.com/workshops/workshops/tacoma-workshops