Common Vocabulary from the Social Thinking Curriculum
Expected Behavior: actions that give others good thoughts about us. For example, expected behavior in school includes: following the rules, listening to our teachers, facing the teacher when they are talking, standing quietly in line, respecting others, maintaining personal space with our peers, inviting our peers to play, etc.
Unexpected Behavior: actions that give others uncomfortable thoughts about us. Examples of unexpected behavior in school are talking when our teachers are talking, interrupting others, not facing the teacher when they are talking, not following the rules, playing with our pencils/shoelaces, etc. when it is time to be listening, disrupting our peers, leaving our peers out of games, etc.
Social Detective Tools: eyes (to see), ears (to hear and listen), and brain (to think). We use these tools to be social detectives and make "smart guesses" about how others are feeling, thinking, or predict what they may do next. When we don't use all of our social detective tools, we may make a "wacky guess."
Common Vocabulary from the Social Thinking Curriculum
Reference:
Garcia Winner, M. & Crooke, P. (2008). You are a Social Detective! Explaining Social Thinking to Kids. Think Social Publishing, Inc., San Jose, CA.
Expected Behavior: actions that give others good thoughts about us. For example, expected behavior in school includes: following the rules, listening to our teachers, facing the teacher when they are talking, standing quietly in line, respecting others, maintaining personal space with our peers, inviting our peers to play, etc.
Unexpected Behavior: actions that give others uncomfortable thoughts about us. Examples of unexpected behavior in school are talking when our teachers are talking, interrupting others, not facing the teacher when they are talking, not following the rules, playing with our pencils/shoelaces, etc. when it is time to be listening, disrupting our peers, leaving our peers out of games, etc.
Social Detective Tools: eyes (to see), ears (to hear and listen), and brain (to think). We use these tools to be social detectives and make "smart guesses" about how others are feeling, thinking, or predict what they may do next. When we don't use all of our social detective tools, we may make a "wacky guess."
Common Vocabulary from the Social Thinking Curriculum
Reference:
Garcia Winner, M. & Crooke, P. (2008). You are a Social Detective! Explaining Social Thinking to Kids. Think Social Publishing, Inc., San Jose, CA.
Expected Behavior
Unexpected Behavior