Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day: The ILAUGH Model of Social Cognition

Wednesday, October 06, 2010  8:00 AM to 3:00 PM  
(Registration will begin at 7:30 AM with the workshop starting promptly at 8:00 AM)


Location:
Odyssey Country Club
19110 S. Ridgeland Ave.  Tinley Park, IL 60477

Event Credits:
CPDU: Units - 7

 

Designed for parents and professionals to understand the inner minds of persons with social-learning weaknesses, this workshop presents not only functional treatment strategies for use both at school and at home, but also models for understanding why these students react and respond the way they do.

We will introduce the concept of teaching Social Thinking and related social skills. Participants will explore teaching social concepts in a manner that is sensitive to the context/situation while considering what other people are thinking and how one is expected to respond. We will demystify why we need to teach more than "social skills" to our students with near normal to way above normal verbal intelligence. We will explore the ILAUGH model of Social Thinking that demonstrates how social-processing difficulties limit not only expected social skills, but also the ability to work as part of a group and to focus on specific academic tasks, such as written expression, reading comprehension and organizational skills. Strategies for classroom management, such as teaching students about blurting and ways to cope with the "boring moment," are among the popular lessons. We will also address how best to approach writing IEP goals that lead to real, albeit, slow change in how students understand and respond to the world around them. Participants have praised this workshop for its depth in explaining why students with social skills difficulties have related academic challenges that affect them across their school and home days.

This is a full day workshop and attendance is required for the entire length of the training. The cost is $150, which includes continental breakfast, lunch, and all materials. Participants who are employed by SWCCCASE, employed by a SWCCCASE member school district, parents of a SWCCCASE student, or a community member of one of our 11 member districts (Lemont/Bromberek D113a , North Palos D117, Palos Community D118, Forest Ridge D142, Arbor Park D145, Com. Cons.D146, Matteson D159, Country Club Hills D160, Lemont Township D210, Bremen Comm. D228, Consolidated H.S. D230)  will not be charged a fee to attend this workshop. We are also offering a reduced rate of $125 for parents who live outside of our member districts. Please enter "PARENT" in the discount code when prompted on the registration page. 

Please have all checks or purchase orders made payable to Southwest Cooperative. Please send the check or P.O. with a copy of the billing statement that will be sent to you via email. Checks or purchase orders should be sent to Kathie Piccirillo's attention at Southwest Cooperative 6020 West. 151st Street Oak Forest, IL 60452. 

Any questions regarding this training should be directed to Erin Hackett at ehackett@swcccase.org or by phone at 708-342-5313. 

Presenter Information
Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC is a speech pathologist who specializes in the treatment of students with social cognitive deficits, which includes diagnoses such as Autism, Asperger syndrome and non-verbal learning disorder. She has a private practice in San Jose, California where she works with clients, consults with families and schools and she travels internationally giving workshops as well being invited to train psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and state policy makers. She presents 7 different all day workshops and helps to develop programs for schools and classrooms. 

Michelle coined the term "social thinking" and the related treatment strategies. She has written or co-authored numerous books which are published through Think Social Publishing, Inc. Michelle's goal is to help administrators, educators and parents appreciate how social thinking and social skills is an integral part of student's academic as well as social experiences as well as being critical for success in adulthood. She was honored with a "Congressional Special Recognition Award" in 2008. Michelle believes we can all do far more to help our students learn these abstract social lessons. 

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