Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC is a speech language pathologist who specializes in the treatment of students with social cognitive deficits, which includes diagnoses such as Autism, Asperger syndrome and non-verbal learning disorder. She has a private practice in San Jose, California where she works with clients, consults with families and schools and she travels internationally giving workshops as well as being invited to train psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and state policy makers. She presents many different all day workshops and helps to develop programs for schools and classrooms.
Michelle coined the term “social thinking” and the related treatment strategies. She has written or co-authored numerous books which are published through Think Social Publishing, inc. Michelle’s goal is to help administrators, educators and parents appreciate how social thinking and social skills is an integral part of student’s academic as well as social experiences as well as being critical for success in adulthood. She was honored with a “Congressional Special Recognition Award” in 2008. Michelle believes we can all do far more to help our students learn these abstract social lessons.
Title: Social Thinking – Social Communication Profile
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012
Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Session: Session #4
Title: Social Thinking at Work: Why Care?
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Session: Session #9