Social Thinking has helped over 2.5 million educators,
clinicians, and families around the world for more
than 25 years
Social, emotional, and academic learning is a lifelong journey. At some point, we all struggle in social
situations, and engaging in a social problem-solving and feeling-based process can be difficult at
times for everyone in the social world—at home, at school, at work, and within the community.
But, understanding and considering our own and others’ thoughts and feelings is essential for
understanding most academic subjects. And when we work in groups (which we will throughout our
lives), we need to be able to collaborate effectively with others, which requires taking and getting
different perspectives, sharing ideas, and resolving conflicts. This is social thinking (thinking socially),
and this critical learning is expected to develop and evolve throughout our lives as we work toward our
own and collective goals.
That’s why the Social Thinking® Methodology offers a diverse array of research-informed resources,
training, curricula, practical strategies, and visual tools for neurodivergent and neurotypical social
learners with solid to strong expressive and receptive language skills and all developmental ages,
from 4–80.
Teachers, speech-language pathologists, counselors, caregivers, and therapists just like you have used
our lessons, and strategies for more than 25 years. The Social Thinking Methodology provides evidence-
based strategies to help people develop their social competencies, flexible thinking, and social problem
solving to improve: conversation & social connection, executive functioning, friendship & relationship
development, perspective taking, self-regulation, and Social Thinking Vocabulary. Our conceptual
and teaching frameworks show educators, caregivers, therapists, children, students, and clients how
the social world operates and why through concrete, specific vocabulary, and explicit step-by-step
instruction. And it provides developmentally based strategies and engaging activities to support social
learners ages four through mature adulthood in moving toward improvement in their own social goals.
Explore our broad range of products, online courses, conferences, and free resources for teaching
practical concepts, vocabulary, and strategies to help guide social learners in some of the most
significant learning of their lives.