Social Situation Mapping: Making Sense of the Social World

Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP · Pamela Crooke, PhD, CCC-SLP

Mar 2023 · Think Social Publishing

About this ebook

This book is designed to help learners understand and make choices in the social world. What’s happening around us influences our thoughts, feelings, and responses. Social Situation Mapping (formerly Social Behavior Mapping), a core teaching framework within the Social Thinking® Methodology, uses visual templates to encourage learners to engage social observation for figuring out what to do and say (or not do and say) based on a particular situation: where we are, who is present, and what is happening. The maps also outline a fundamental teaching framework we call the Social Emotional Chain Reaction which shows how we all impact one another when sharing space. The maps are meant to be taught from the perspective of the student or client to provide options for what to do or say in common situations. We encourage educators, therapists, and parents to jointly generate unique maps alongside the student or client based on their individual goals.

Revised and retitled, Social Situation Mapping is updated with our most current teaching.

The book includes:

·      80+ completed Social Situation Maps (SSMs) to explore 40+ practical, everyday situations that happen at school, home, and in the community.

·      Maps now have options to honor neurodivergent choices and strategies. Some options are also inclusive of learning differences and/or disabilities.

·      The completed maps included in this book can also be used as a way to guide learners to generate their own maps and figure out a path through the lens of their social goals or desires.

·      A description of the Social Emotional Chain Reaction (SECR), the foundational concept taught in Social Situation Mapping.

·      The 10-Step Visual Fidelity and Teaching Guide.

Ratings and reviews

it was not what I expected for the cost. Just a bunch of filled in worksheets. Dissapointed

About the author

Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP, is the founder of Social Thinking®, CEO of Think Social Publishing, Inc., and a globally recognized thought leader, author, speaker, and social-cognitive therapist. She is dedicated to helping people of all ages develop social emotional learning, including those with social learning differences. Across her 35+ year career she has created numerous evidence-based and evidence informed-strategies and teaching frameworks. Michelle's work also teaches how social competencies impact overall well-being, including one’s ability to foster relationships and their academic and career performance. She and her team continually update the Social Thinking® Methodology based on the latest research and insights they learn from their clients. She was honored to receive a Congressional Special Recognition Award in 2008, and a Lectureship Award (2019) from the Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatricians.

Pamela Crooke, PhD, CCC-SLP, is Chief Curriculum Officer and Director of Research, Content, Clinical Services, and the Social Thinking Training & Speakers’ Collaborative at Think Social Publishing, Inc. She served as a clinical faculty member of three universities and worked as a speech-language pathologist in the Arizona public schools for 15 years. Pam is a prolific speaker both in North America and abroad, and has co-authored five award-winning books related to Social Thinking with Michelle Garcia Winner. Their book, You Are a Social Detective! 2nd Edition (2020), won the 2021 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award, the 2021 Mom's Choice Gold Medal Award, the 2021 Best Book Awards Finalist, and the 2022 International Book Awards Finalist. They co-authored the companion You Are a Social Detective! Teaching Curriculum and Support Guide, (2022). She and Michelle collaborate on writing articles and blogs that appear on the Social Thinking website and in a wide array of publications. Her current research focuses on using practice-based research to examine how professionals and parents use frameworks and strategies within the Social Thinking® Methodology.