Another fine day at the middle school! 6th Grade Social Thinking: I think getting tough is working!  A great group today – even though it was a little loud – We completed two activities: Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses and Things I Do Not Want to Change About Myself and Things I Want to Change.  We [...]

A terrific hump day! 5th Grade Social Thinking Group: A terrific group! Today we worked on the “Big Three” – Vocal Tone, Body Language and Facial Expression. We played a game called “Too Little, Too Much, Just Right” which had the boys “acting” out messages and actions!  We ended the group in the gym playing [...]

A totally Tremendous Tuesday! What a Terrific Tuesday! 4th Grade Girls Group 1/3rd Grade Girls Group 1: Everyone remembered it was group day! Awesome!  In both groups today, we played the game “Choose”…..a game that focuses on making good choices, improving coping skills and developing decision making abilities. The focus is on making the connection [...]

A very fun Moan-day! 8th Grade Social Thinking Group – We did some fabulous work with a social behavior map activity and then actually played a game TOGETHER in the gym!  Awesome! 8th Grade Boys Group – Today we played with playdoh…yes, the 8th grade boys played with playdoh…go figure! 6th Grade Girls Group – [...]

What a ZIGZAG of a day!!!! Although we certainly missed our groups and classroom visits today, we had an awesome time with the school-wide events! An exciting walk-a-thon at WV followed by the revealing of the Community Agreement. Then it was off to the high school to hear a wonderful astronaut talk about his experiences [...]

Thrilling Thursday!!!! 6th Grade Social Thinking: I’ve decided it is time to get tough with this group! Time to really focus on applying the social thinking skills we have been learning! I’ve sent goal sheets to teachers to let me know the students’ strengths as well as things to work on! We are going to [...]

A terrific hump day! 5th Grade Social Thinking Group: Unfortunately was canceled today due a district meeting! I will see the boys next week! 6th Grade Boys Group 1: This group continues to struggle to gel……we tried playing Apples to Apples….but had some difficulty…..time to re-arrange the group, I think! Beauty and the Beast: Thanks [...]

What a Terrific Tuesday! 4th Grade Girls Group 1/3rd Grade Girls Group 1: Everyone remembered it was group day! Awesome!  In both groups we made “Identity Shields” in an effort to get to know each other better – The shield was made up of a picture of the girls, things they like to do and [...]

8th Grade Social Thinking Group – We started our group working on Positive Thinking!  The boys were read statements and had to determine whether the statement was a rational or irrational thought……we need some practice! Then we went to the gym for 10 minutes to rev up for the day! 8th Grade Boys Group – [...]

WHAT A FABULOUS FRIDAY! 4th Grade Girls Group 1: It was wonderful to see everyone again today!  We spent the time getting re-aquainted and making self portraits to hang on the bulletin board! 3rd Grade Girls Group 1: How nice it was to meet my new girls…We spent our time getting acquainted and making self [...]