![]() ![]() Give a few examples of a flexible thinker.If you have a soft brain, this is a great time to squeeze it in your hand to show how the brain moves and "conforms" in your hand. A flexible thinker also thinks of solutions while trying to think of others. Explain to the students that they are going to learn how to be good social thinkers by becoming "flexible thinkers." Talk about how when we are faced with a problem, that a good, flexible thinker is able to make their brain move around the problem and think of different solutions.Make sure they get a chance to squeeze the item. Ask them how they like the feel of the object. Pass around the soft object for all the students to feel. The children will be able to differentiate between different examples while using the language of "Flexible thinker" and "Rock Thinker."Ī flexible object such as a soft foam ball or preferably a soft foam brain (Michelle Winner sells these on her website for $4.00 A large rock This lesson is ideal as a beginning lesson for a social thinking group. Here are some of our pictures from one of our lessons! □įrom here, my student and I worked on learning how to brainstorm, how to accept change, and how to be a good problem solver! I found that the brainstorming visual was really helpful, and my student and I thought of as many different solutions as possible – even if they were “not so good” options – once we had lots of different ideas, we were able to talk about the pros and cons and decide what the best, and the second best choice was (in case the first one didn’t work!).This lesson focuses on understanding what social thinking is while giving some concrete examples that children with ASD can understand. Is able to think about lots of ways to solve a particular problem – and is a good problem-solver.Can only think of 1 way to solve a problem – gets “stuck”.Bosses other people around to get what they want.Get really upset when things are not what they expect.Gets really upset over any kind of change.I started off the lesson with a canister of Play-Doh and a rock (I actually used a plastic rock from my dinosaur toys!) – my student and I talked about the characteristics of both objects – Play-Doh is flexible, you can move it around, make it in to many different objects, use it with Play-doh toys, can do lots of different things with it – a rock is hard, can’t really move around all that much, and isn’t really all that much fun! We also talked about how it’s much more fun to play with Play-Doh, and a rock could hurt you, or some else! This is a great lesson for both him and for me to teach – since I have a propensity for struggling with any kind of change, or when I have to compromise!! I have been teaching this concept by using the descriptors of a “flexible thinker”, and a “rock brain” (which comes from the SuperFlex curriculm-I don’t have really any experience with it, but I love the various characters!) – I think it’s a pretty important concept for most of us Type A’s – I will admit there have been occasions when I’ve admonished myself for being a “rock brain!” So, I thought that I’d share some of the lesson with you all!!! One of my counseling students is currently working on/learning how to be a flexible thinker, and to not always be so rigid, as he struggles when he is faced with any sort of change and/or he doesn’t get his own way. ![]()
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