Primary School

By Lindy Petersen with Phil Lewis STOP THINK DO is a social skills programme for use in schools with children who have emotional–social–behavioural difficulties that affect their ability to make friends. It is designed as a classroom curriculum for children to prevent such difficulties arising. Originally designed for Australian schools, it is now internationally recognised as an invaluable social skills programme and is being used by many schools and CPD groups around the world. STOP THINK DO...

By Lindy Petersen with Allyson Adderley STOP THINK DO is a social skills programme for use in schools with children who have emotional–social–behavioural difficulties that affect their ability to make friends. It is designed as a classroom curriculum for children to prevent such difficulties arising. Originally designed for Australian schools, it is now internationally recognised as an invaluable social skills programme and is being used by many schools and CPD groups around the world. STOP...

By Lindy Petersen with Allyson Adderley STOP THINK DO is a social skills programme for use in schools with children who have emotional–social–behavioural difficulties that affect their ability to make friends. It is designed as a classroom curriculum for children to prevent such difficulties arising. Originally designed for Australian schools, it is now internationally recognised as an invaluable social skills programme and is being used by many schools and CPD groups around the world. STOP...

Written by Michelle Garcia Winner and the Superflex Creative Team Superflex and Focus Tron to the Rescue! introduces readers to the Thinkable Focus Tron. Wherever they are — at school, or home, in the community — Focus Tron helps Social Town citizens remember to use their focusing powers to stay connected to what they’re doing or what others are talking about. In the story, Sarah periodically get visits from the Unthinkable Brain Eater who distracts her thoughts away from her classwork,...

Written by Michelle Garcia Winner and the Superflex Creative Team Superflex and Kool Q. Cumber to the Rescue! introduces readers to the Thinkable Kool Q. Cumber (we call him Kool, for short!). Kool helps Social Town citizens stay calm when problems happen, and use strategies they learn to figure out the size of a problem and the expected reaction size. In the story, Aiden and his classmates present science projects, but Aiden’s friend Sam becomes frustrated with problems throughout the day. As...

By Michelle Garcia Winner This Superflex poster colourfully shows the full Team of Unthinkables - from Mean Jean to Energy Hare-y - and how they try to take on Superflex. Superflex always remains in the centre, flexing his superior strengths and reminding us to use our flexible thinking to overcome those Unthinkables wherever they lurk! The poster serves as a visual reminder and steady reinforcer for your lessons and is perfect for the classroom, the bedroom - anywhere flexible thinking is...

Superflex Superdecks are card games created to invoke your own superflexible thinking as you teach students to be more superflexible social thinkers. The game pack is a companion teaching tool to the popular Superflex Curriculum, which helps parents and professionals teach children ages 8-11 about social thinking, social regulation, and social problem solving. The Superdecks are not an introduction to Superflex, and should only be used with students who are already familiar with the concept of...

Written by Michelle Garcia Winner and Stephanie Madrigal Illustrated by Kyle Richardson Superflex Takes on One-Sided Sid, Un-Wonderer and the Team of Unthinkables is the fourth comic book in the Superflex series, designed to help children learn more about their own social behaviour and strategies to regulate it. Individuals should already be familiar with the Superflex Curriculum before reading this book. In this newest comic, children become familiar with several ways to squash the powers of...

by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner Comic Book by Stephanie MadrigalIllustrated by Kelly Knopp Superflex®: A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum introduces Superflex, a social thinking superhero who helps the citizens of Social Town outsmart the Team of Unthinkables and diminish their powers to distract, disengage, and otherwise detour children in their efforts to think about others and use their social thinking abilities. Fun worksheets motivate students to learn more about how...

Written by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner Illustrated by Kyle Richardson Superflex® takes on Brain Eater focuses on one of the social cognitive challenges we see most often in our students, distractibility, with strategies on how to stay on track with every day activities like getting ready for school and listening in class! This engaging comic book is the third in our Superflex series designed to help children learn more about their own social behaviour and strategies to regulate...

Written by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner Illustrated by Kelly Knopp In Superflex® Takes on Glassman and the Team of Unthinkables, our Super Social Thinker swoops down to help Aiden overcome the Unthinkable, Glassman (who causes our over-reactions to small things) at just the right time: the first day of school! Superflex, the caped cognitive specialist, shows primary school students how they can use strategies to conquer their own "Team of Unthinkables," like Glassman...

Defeat those clever Unthinkables in style, and discover your hero inside! The Superflexible Me Superflex Cape provides a fun way to help kids remember to use their superflexible thinking anytime, anywhere and call upon the strategies they’re learning about in Superflex® A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum. Superflex is the superflexible thinking superhero that lives inside each of us and helps us work through our social challenges. The “Superflexible Me!” message reinforces the idea that...

By Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner Superflex's Very Cool Five-Step Power Plan poster is a visual tool for those who are teaching Superflex curriculum concepts at a deeper level with 8-10 year olds. The Five-Step Power Plan is a teaching strategy that helps students strengthen their superflexible thinking and gain more independence in their social problem-solving abilities. As students work through the five steps they: Identify which Unthinkable is invading their brain. Observe the...

Help children to communicate their feelings and emotions as well as understand social rules and acceptable behaviour


We all know that children who happen to be on the autism spectrum find transition and change hard, or find it difficult to understand the unspoken social rules. We also know that the majority of children are visual and kinetic learners, yet we tend to use our voices to give instruction or ask for compliance. The Talk with Teddies kit helps children understand concepts in a...

By Tonia Caselman Helping children develop greater empathy-related awareness and skills can help prevent negative social behaviours such as bullying, meanness and alienation. Empathy is a fundamental social emotion because it brings a sense of emotional connection to others. It is this awareness that is not only basic to all healthy relationships; it is the root of prosocial behaviour, altruism, kindness and peace. Empathy has cognitive, affective and behavioural components that can be learned...

by Frances HillGifted and talented individuals possess the attributes and abilities to enrich their own lives and to make a valuable contribution to the knowledge society. This potential can be maximised by the provision of a tailored education which provides the scope and balance which gifted students crave. The perception that gifted students will achieve, regardless of the educational provision, because of their innate abilities, still lingers. International research, however, points to the...

by Frances HillGifted and talented individuals possess the attributes and abilities to enrich their own lives and to make a valuable contribution to the knowledge society. This potential can be maximised by the provision of a tailored education which provides the scope and balance which gifted students crave. The perception that gifted students will achieve, regardless of the educational provision, because of their innate abilities, still lingers. International research, however, points to the...

by Frances HillGifted and talented individuals possess the attributes and abilities to enrich their own lives and to make a valuable contribution to the knowledge society. This potential can be maximised by the provision of a tailored education which provides the scope and balance which gifted students crave. The perception that gifted students will achieve, regardless of the educational provision, because of their innate abilities, still lingers. International research, however, points to the...

by Frances HillGifted and talented individuals possess the attributes and abilities to enrich their own lives and to make a valuable contribution to the knowledge society. This potential can be maximised by the provision of a tailored education which provides the scope and balance which gifted students crave. The perception that gifted students will achieve, regardless of the educational provision, because of their innate abilities, still lingers. International research, however, points to the...

by Paula GaleyThis comprehensive 100-page photocopiable book provides support materials for teachers working with students who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It takes an inclusive approach and is based on the belief that all students are equal members of the school community and that schools have a responsibility to enhance the learning opportunities of all students, including those with special educational needs. The book is divided into ten sections that support work in...