Social thinking

Social Thinking is a Treatment developed by Michelle Garcia Winner that is popular in the US and increasingly so in the UK. It's aimed at children and young people with high functional autism and Asperger’s syndrome. It's based on the ILAUGH Model of Social Thinking as described by Winner (2000), which is a summary of the evidence based research.

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  • Social thinking

    Social Thinking is a Treatment developed by Michelle Garcia Winner that is popular in the US and increasingly so in the UK. It's aimed at children and young people with high functional autism and Asperger’s syndrome. It's based on the ILAUGH Model of Social Thinking as described by Winner (2000), which is a summary of the evidence based research.

    Evidence Rating: Indicative

  • Social stories

    Social Stories is an intervention programme, originally used with children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but has started to be used more widely to improve pragmatic language skills (use of language) as part of speech and language therapy.

    Evidence Rating: Moderate

  • Social Communication Intervention Programme

    The Social Communication Intervention Programme (SCIP) aims to support children’s language and communication. Specifically, working on word meanings (semantics) and high-level language skills (such as verbal reasoning or inference). It supports difficulties children may have with their functional use of language (pragmatic skills) through social interaction and supporting children to understand social cues, which are needed for social interaction (Adams and Gaile, in press).

    Evidence Rating: Moderate

  • Intensive interaction

    Intensive Interaction is based on the work of Nind and Hewett (2006) and is an approach to developing interaction and communication between people with complex communication needs and the people around them.

    Evidence Rating: Indicative

  • Active listening for active learning

    The aim of comprehension monitoring is to teach children to recognise what they do and don’t understand and give them some strategies to respond when they don’t understand what’s being said. Many children with speech, language and communication needs struggle with this skill and need direct teaching in order to develop it.

    Evidence Rating: Moderate