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13 visual teaching scaffolds to assess student social emotional needs and get started with teachingCreated by Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela CrookeStart unpacking the social world with Core Practical Treatment Frameworks: Set 1, part of a two-set collection of 26 visual teaching scaffolds for social learning and self-regulation strategies—curated and distilled for the first time in one practical and user-friendly collection. After 25 years of research, teaching, and learning, we have powerful...

Build social competencies with 13 more visual teaching scaffoldsCreated by Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela CrookePeople are complicated and so is the huge social world. Here are 13 more of our most helpful and popular teaching frameworks in a portable, user-friendly set to help social learners ages 4 – adult build social competencies across a wide range of social landscapes. Tried, tested, and perfected over 25 years, these visual supports dissect complex social concepts into user-friendly...

A Two-Set Collection of 26 Visual Teaching Scaffolds for Social Learning & Self-RegulationCreated by Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela CrookeThe social world is vast and complex, kids are complicated, and there’s so much information! Here’s where you’ll find the best of the Social Thinking® Methodology distilled into a two-set collection of our 26 core teaching frameworks for helping social learners unpack and figure out how to navigate the social world in a concrete, visual way. This...

Authors: Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela CrookeUse these colourful Superflex stickers at home, at school, or on the go! These stickers are to be used in association with lessons from Superflex Curriculum Superflex and the Team of Thinkables are within each of us and give us powers to figure out how to adapt our behavior based on what’s going on in different situations. Use Thinkable Stickers to: Encourage a social learner to call on the powers of their SuperflexEach Thinkable adds to one’s...

Help children know what is about to happen or why they need to do something, for instance ‘Put Away’ then ‘Home time’These symbols can be used in conjunction with the Curriculum fan.The At School Time To Fan is useful for all visual learners, those with communication difficulties and those with English as a second language.All fans are available with a popper, keyring or on a lanyard.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest point.This item is not a...

Visual symbols to convey common activities undertaken in the bathroom. Use the petals in whatever order is appropriate for your own bathroom routine.Show children one petal at a time or use to help them know what to do next.All fans are available with a popper, keyring or on a lanyard.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest point.This item is not a toy and should be used under supervision.

The Play Doctors Behaviour Fan helps you to support children's understanding of appropriate behaviour. Use the traffic lights to indicate 'green' well done, 'amber' think, 'red' stop.Ask the child to think about what should happen next by saying sorry and being friends. Use the thumbs up and star petals to praise appropriate action and reinforce the resulting positive behaviour.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest point.This item is not a toy...

The fan supports transitions between classrooms or activities and is especially useful for children with communication difficulties and for those with English as a second language.Also available as dual fans on safety lanyards or keyrings in conjunction with our At School Time To fan.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest point.These items are not toys and should be used under supervision.All fans are available with a popper, keyring or on a...

The Play Doctors Emotions Face Fan helps children identify how they are feeling and empathise with others' emotions10 x Social Communication FansUsed as a visual aid for children who have communication difficulties or with English as a foreign language, this single 10 petal fan has colourful emotion faces representing a variety of emotions.Colours also represent emotions: 'seeing red' or 'feeling blue'.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest...

Use this fan in everyday situations to help children understand what is happening next, to provide visual instructions, or for children to make their own requests by choosing a specific image.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest point.This item is not a toy and should be used under supervision.All fans are available with a popper, keyring or on a lanyard.

Useful for aiding communication between teachers, teaching assistants and children with communication difficulties or those with English as a second language.Also available as dual fans on safety lanyards or keyrings in conjunction with our Helpful Instructions fan.All fans are available with a popper, keyring or on a lanyard.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest point.This item is not a toy and should be used under supervision.

Help children identify expressions and what feelings they representThe Play Doctors I Feel Expressions Social Communication FanUse this visual communication symbols fan to help children identify their own and others' feelings.Useful to use after incidents, during social stories or when discussing emotions in circle times.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest point. This item is not a toy and should be used under supervision....

Help individuals who experience sensory overload to tell you how they are feelingThe Play Doctors It's Too Sensory Description Social Communication FansThis visual communication fan is used to support individuals to communicate how they are feeling in relation to sensory overload and communicate their sensitivities.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest point.This item is not a toy and should be used under supervision.https://youtu.be/f4BO3NHBQQQ

Some children find it hard to choose a play activity when there are so many exciting activities on offer.Use this Let’s Play fan to help children identify their play preferences by choosing an image. Other play choices that are in the setting can be illustrated on the reverse of the petals using photos, or drawing/writing with a permanent fine line marker pen.All fans are available with a popper, keyring or on a lanyard.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at...

Use the petals in the order most appropriate for your own morning routine.Show children one petal at a time and use the fan to help them know what to do next.All fans are available with a popper, keyring or on a lanyard.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest point.This item is not a toy and should be used under supervision.

Give children praise for behaviour you would like repeatedThe Play Doctors Positive Praise Social Communication FansHaving a 'well done' or 'star' sticker is good but does not tell the child what they are being praised for. The Positive Praise fan helps to reinforce positive behaviour and helps the child to feel good about themselves. When this happens they are more likely to repeat the positive behaviour they were praised for. Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by...

Encourage understanding by offering positive rulesThe Play Doctors Positive Social Rules Social Communication FansIt's easy to say no, don't or stop. Use this fan to provide a visual clue to tell the child what you would like them to do in relation to social rules and instruction in a positive way. If a child is shouting, use the 'use you indoor voice' symbol or if a child is taking turns then use an appropriate petal and pass the fan backwards and forwards between the children when it is their...

Going out is not always easy.This 10 petal fan uses visual symbols to help to understand transition within journeys by walking, by car or on the bus. Useful for every time you go out.Fans are double laminated for extra strength and are 125mm tall by 45mm at their widest point.All fans are available with a popper, keyring or on a lanyard.This item is not a toy and should be used under supervision.

A Comprehensive Training Resource to Support Emotional Wellbeing in Education & Social CareBy Dr Tina Rae, Dr Amy Such & Dr Jo WoodThe 20 practical and accessible modules in The Wellbeing Toolkit for Mental Health Leads provide all of necessary resources to enable you to maintain and enhance the well-being of the children and young people that you nurture and support, while also developing staff confidence and whole-school approaches which will support the wellbeing of the whole school...