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Parent Workshops

Social Thinking Workshop

On June 14 CORSE sponsored a workshop to provide parents the opportunity to learn about social thinking concepts and strategies. According to Michelle Garcia Winner, the renowned expert on Social Thinking, successful social thinkers consider the points of view, emotions, thoughts, beliefs, prior knowledge and intentions of others. Social thinking occurs everywhere… when we talk, share space, walk down the street, even when we read a novel and relate to our pets. It is an intelligence that integrates information across home, work and community settings - something we usually take for granted. 

Please click on the following links to access key information for this program:

• Powerpoint Presentation
• Social Thinking Vocabulary Summary and Resource List to order materials from Michelle Garcia Winner's website
• Program Handouts

              Comprehensive Vocabulary and Concepts list      4 Steps of Communication
              A Writing Problem is a Thinking Problem               Superflex

Executive Function Lecture

On June 1, 2010, the Scituate CORSE foundation sponsored a lecture at the Scituate Public Library given by Sarah Ward, M.S. CCC/SLP, an award winning speech and language pathologist who has over fourteen years experience in diagnostic evaluations, treatment and case management of children, adolescents and adults with a wide range of developmental and acquired brain based learning difficulties and behavioral problems.

The topic of the lecture was Executive Function Skills, a term used to describe difficulties associated with goal setting, carrying out organized steps and modifying a plan to complete a task successfully. These skills are important for learning from past experiences and applying the knowledge in new experiences.  Attention, memory, impulse control, organization, planning, and hierarchical thinking problems often described by parents and teachers are executive function difficulties that can interfere with an individual’s success in school.

Click here to visit Sarah's website for more information or to request a copy of the presentation.