NJ Parent Advocates Workshop: “Social Thinking®…the Missing Piece for Children with Social Difficulties”

NJ Parent Advocates invites you to a FREE workshop:

“Social Thinking®…the Missing Piece for Children with Social Difficulties”

Does your child:

• have difficulty making/keeping friends?


• have difficulty initiating and having conversations?


• have difficulty understanding other points of view?


• have difficulty interpreting body language and facial expressions?


• have difficulty being flexible?


• have difficulty understanding the thoughts and intentions of others?


• have difficulty at lunch/recess?


• have difficulty socially fitting in?


• have difficulty with reading comprehension?


• know all the rules but doesn’t apply it to himself?


• repeat the same social mistakes over and over again?


• have limited success in social skills groups?

Social Thinking® - is the huge piece of the social puzzle that has been missing:

This presentation will discuss the foundations of “Social Thinking®,” how social thinking applies to your child’s social needs/challenges, how it differs from social skills, and how it can fill in what is lacking in your child’s daily life- socially, academically, functionally.

Social thinking involves developing perspective taking skills, flexibility of thought, and understanding how your actions negatively or positively affect others.

It is for individuals with or without a diagnosis.

This presentation will also explain how social thinking® groups work, who is appropriate for social thinking, how it can be integrated into your IEPs, and how to develop appropriate objectives rather than the typical social skills objectives.

Alana Fichtelberg, M.A., CCC-SLP is a speech/language pathologist for almost 20 years- working in the public school system for 8 years, and full-time private practice for the last 11 years.

She specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with speech/language/ social communication difficulties including children who are nonverbal.

Please join us by registering at http://njparentadvocates.org