Social Thinking Strategies
For the adolescent with advanced cognitive and language skills, a discussion about the “why” underlying the production of a skill becomes crucial. A number of teaching scaffolds have been developed to encourage students to explore how “we all get along” with one another, even when relating to someone we do not know well. Individuals are taught that thinking about the social world can in turn help him/her to adapt behaviors in an increasingly proficient manner. While Social Thinking is relatively new in the field of autism and special education, it is closely linked with other types of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approaches such as Social Stories, Hidden Curriculum, 5-point scale, and others, etc. The foundation of Social Thinking is weighted heavily in well-known issues in this population such as executive functioning, central coherence issues, and perspective-taking, only a handful of research has been completed to date.
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