![]() One of the leaders of the Unthinkables is Rock Brain, who gets us “stuck” in patterns of rigid thinking and on our own wants and ideas. We can all relate to the ongoing battle between Superflex, who helps us use flexible thinking and problem solving skills, and the Team of Unthinkables, characters who try to force the citizens of Social Town to act in certain “Unexpected” ways. The key problem in the story is mainly one of perspective, and could be visualized for students using the SGM Universal Magnets, Perspective Taking Maps (with icons down the middle and competing perspectives on either side), or Critical Thinking Triangle as discussed in the Making Connections volume of Mindwing’s Autism Collection to develop perspective taking skills.Įdwina also is a nice teaching tool if you are using Michelle Garcia Winner and Stephanie Madrigal’s terrific Superflex program, which reviews Social Thinking ® skills in the context of a comic book world. Though this story has the twist of having the main character be both strangely right and wrong at the same time, it also provides a great context for building skills essential for children with autism spectrum disorders and other social pragmatic issues. ![]() ![]() Reginald has a problem: everyone around him is enthralled by Edwina, the friendly town dinosaur, and no one heeds his increasingly emphatic pleas to accept that Dinosaurs! Are! Extinct! The structure of the story is perfect for mapping as a complete episode using Braidy or Story Grammar Marker, as can be seen below: To begin with, Edwina is a story that will engage and delight children from early to late elementary ages, beginning with its title and the name of the main character, Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie. The wonderful book Edwina – The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She was Extinct by Mo Willems is one of those resources it can be used to target narrative and expository formulation, as well as social thinking skills in several areas. I always love finding resources that serve as a context for addressing many speech and language-related skills. Professional Development for Your School/Companyĭinosaurs, Narrative, and Flexible Thinking.Communication Skills for Traumatized, Abused or Neglected Children.IEP Goals/Benchmarks, Special Education.Superflex® and The Unthinkables are the creations of Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garacia Winner. We all got a kick out of these videos that I found on YouTube. I used Smarty Ears app for iPad to create this social script for defeating Glassman. Next we can apply these expected behaviors to complete a social behavior map. Be kind and considerate to those around you.Then, we can list the expected behaviors when Glassman attacks. Here is a link to Jill Kuzma’s terrific visuals – We can learn how to defeat those Unthinkables using Superflex strategies.įirst, we need to understand what is meant by expected and unexpected behaviors. ![]() ![]() Luckily, we have Superflex® to save the day! Superflex is your super flexible brain in the form of a super hero. The consequences of these two working together can be big trouble for you. Glassman causes you to have really big reactions to small problems. Rock Brain is known for getting into your head and getting you “stuck” in rigid thinking. Rock Brain and Glassman are part of a team of villains known as The Unthinkables. Lippman’s class, are learning how to use their flexible brain to defeat Rock Brain and Glassman. ![]()
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