Free Stuff for Young & Mature Adults
Helping adults of all ages gain social competencies to reach their social goals
Free Stuff for Young Adults & Adults
The Social Thinking Methodology first developed from our work with high schoolers. It’s now the premier, go-to source for understanding the social world through an evidence-based lens, which encourages the ongoing development of teaching concepts, strategies, and tools for working with and supporting young adults and adults as they learn about themselves and others, as well as how to navigate meeting their own goals in the ever-changing landscapes within the social world.
Throughout our 25+ years of research, practice, and teaching, we’ve focused on the needs of young and mature adults and have found that when these social learners are presented with relevant and explicit concepts, tools, and practical strategies to make sense of evolving expectations within the social world, they can continue to learn to improve their social emotional problem solving. They’re able to gradually gain social competencies that help them, step by step, achieve their own social goals as they learn to navigate the complexities of the adult social world.
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Free Thinksheets
The social world and its expectations, responsibilities & consequences evolve and increase in complexity as we age. Social emotional learning doesn’t stop when we reach adulthood! Our Thinksheets (worksheets that make you think!) are tools to break down, think through, and practice specific social concepts and strategies to support adults of all ages as they work toward improving their social emotional problem solving and other social competencies.
Daily Feelings Journal
Use this journal to track emotions (both negative and positive) across the day or during a task of meeting. Take time to notice when your emotions were above or below the "OK" line.
What is Self-Advocacy
Advocating for yourself typically means you are letting people know your needs in a very specific way so that the person understands your needs and sees themselves as a person who can help you to meet your needs. As we age, we need to develop a voice of advocacy.
Free Webinar & Video Lessons
Learn Essential Social Thinking Concepts for Free
Free webinars are presented live by experts in the Social Thinking® Methodology. Core presentations typically run for 60 minutes, followed by a 30 minute Q&A. Browse our entire collection of recorded webinars and soak in all the free information—or explore our hand-picked free webinars to support your tweens & teens. Note: Attendees receive a Certificate of Completion, CEs are not provided to attendees for free webinars.
We are constantly learning and gaining inspiration from our clients and others we meet, so our work is ever-evolving yet remains grounded in its adherence to rigorous standards of quality. In the free videos below our experts share some ideas for using Social Thinking.
How to Ask for Help
Why It's Hard & How We Can Help
Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP
Michelle Garcia Winner | MA, CCC-SLP
Renee Attaway | MS, CCC-SLP
Allison King | MS, CCC-SLP
Free Articles
Social Thinking is proud to provide an extensive collection of free articles devoted to helping individuals build stronger social awareness and social functioning using the Social Thinking Methodology. Browse our library of 100+ free articles and learn strategies you can start using right away. Or explore below our hand-picked free articles to support your young adult and adult. We’re constantly adding material based on the latest research and our evolving client work—so come back often and stay informed!
- Social Thinking & the Transition to Adulthood
- Social Perspective Taking & The 5 Steps of Being with Others
- Explaining “Social Thinking” to Others: Q&A in Sound Bites
- Respecting Neurodiversity by Helping Social Learners Meet Their Personal Goals
- Addressing Social Competencies and Social Anxiety Using the Spirals of Anxiety
- Preparing for the Transition to Adulthood (Part 1)
- Preparing for the Transition to Adulthood (Part 2)
- Preparing for the Transition to Adulthood (Part 3)
- 10 Levels to Living Independently
- I'm Interested in You—Well, Sort Of: Social Anxiety, Face-to-Face Communication, Digital Devices, and the Art of Saying "Hi"
- Community Is About Caring: Helping Those with Social Anxiety
- Social Metacognition: Using Social Emotional Learning to Engage Hope
What is Social Thinking?
Develop Social Competencies
The Social Thinking Methodology provides evidence-based strategies to help people ages four throughout adulthood develop their social competencies, flexible thinking, and social problem solving to meet their own social goals and improve:
