Developing Social Understanding Groups Mentorship in Williston, Day 1 of 4
- Course Number: KBM4
- Date: July 19, 2010
- Time: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
- Location: Enrichment Center
- Address: Stern Center for Language and Learning
- Address 2: 135 Allen Brook Lane
- City: Williston
- State: VT
- Cost: $750
- Instructor: Nancy Clements
The Stern Center's Enrichment Center for Communication, Social Thinking and Early Literacy in Williston, Vermont is now offering mentorship opportunities for professionals interested in developing social thinking groups.
Program Requirements:
Mentorship meetings will include:
- Group discussion focusing on observations
- Question and answer period
- Individual goal setting with participants
- Social Thinking Group observations
Participants will:
- Increase understanding of the comprehensive specific challenges associated with social thinking weaknesses
- Learn explicit programming strategies designed to augment social thinking weaknesses
- Become familiar with current models of instruction with an emphasis on the ILAUGH Model of Social Cognition (http://www.socialthinking.com/), Relationship Development Intervention model (Gustein), and Enhancing Children and Adolescents to Understand and Improve Their Social Cognition model (Levine)
- Integrate the Stern Center's model of social thinking and the specific bridged instruction between distinct levels of social understanding.
Pre-Requisite:
Developing and Running Social Thinking Groups, a 6 credit Continuing Education workshop offered through the Stern Center's professional development curriculum ($165), or the equivalent course work with approval from instructor.
This session is designed to support students across Tiers 2 and 3 and may be applied to all students using a professional learning community model involving all teachers.