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We will be continuing our unit on perspective taking this week by embracing a couple of social thinking concepts from the social thinking "guru" Michelle Garcia Winner. The first concept will be "All About Me versus Thinking About Others" and the second will be "Good and Weird Thoughts". The first concept takes what we learned last week about understanding a situation from another perspective and makes it more personal---how does my behavior reflect if I'm thinking about myself or if I'm thinking about others? And from there moving into "does my behavior give other people good thoughts about me or weird ones?". I know "weird" is kind of a hot-button word, but we never use it to describe a person, just that awkward, uncomfortable feeling we sometimes get if things feel funny.
To practice these concepts, we'll role play and talk about different scenarios that happen on a regular basis and decide as a group whether the situation reflects a person thinking about themselves first or others. From there we'll do a sort of "affirmation circle" in which students will write down or draw something that each person in group does that gives them a good thought (i.e. being a good listener, laughing at jokes, taking turns, etc.). The emphasis will be on improving on behaviors that make people want to be friends with us.
As I write this, it sounds like a tall order to fill, but the kids are awesome so I think this will be a fun learning week. Enjoy the sunshine and keep your fingers crossed that warm weather comes our way soon!
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