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Think Social Publishing, Inc.

San Jose, California

Think Social Publishing, Inc. 3550 Stevens Creek Blvd, #200 San Jose, Ca 95117 Phone: (877) 464-9278 Fax: (408) 557-8594

www.socialthinking.com Books can be ordered on-line

Copyright©2008, Think Social Publishing, Inc.

All rights reserved. This book cannot be copied in its entirety for any reason.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2007909237 Think.Social Publishing, Inc.

ISBN -13: 978-0-9792922-3-1

This book is printed and bound in California by Medius Printing.

Graphic Design by Elizabeth A. Blacker, rowantreegraphics@comcast.net

Dedicated to the Amazing sunerflex Academy Students who make my Social Town a much brighter place ..

ION!.. Y WANT TO TA!..K ABOUT FOOTBA!..!...

Social Town has become a dark, dark place since the disappearance

of superflex. one of the most popular super heroes to ever walk the planet.

Without superflex to help defeat the TEAM OF UNTHINKABLES, humans everywhere are forgetting how to act and think about others around Social Town.

THINK THAT'S A BAD IO~A.

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PC)f- I make people competttlve.

Wfl$f'mmgC)nce ~ r get pea pie to. use humor at the wrong time.

These Unthinkables have been around a long time and enjolj' invading the brains of Social Town Citizens!! Their goal is to defeat everu human brain bu getting people to do things that show others theu are not thinking about them.

Gf&smrur -I make people have huge reactions.

Meat" Jean- I get people to. act mean and bossu,

i3ram eater -I distract people.

~ckb'f'8hl-1 make people get stuck an the'r ideas.

Ul1worrderer-1 don't like people to. wonder about others.

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'Eodg &latencr -' I move people's , ': " _, _. ,

bodies from the group. et1erB9 flare 9 I give people

. tao much energ~,.

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lLOI1/ lOpfc TvtrStermeiSfer -I make people jump off topic.

WorrgWBlJ,-1 make peapl'e worru too much. Grump GrompanU19 -I put

people in qrurnpu moods ..

Space fiNader -I get people to invade other's personal space.

C)t1e Sided Sid - I get people to. onlLJ talk ebout themselves.

With Superflex out of the picture, The Team of Unthinkables

were eagerly plotting their next overtaking of another citizen of Social Town.

HAV~ HIM FOCUS ONI,..Y ON WHAT HIS DOG 15 DOING SO MOM THINKS H~ 15 IGNORING H~R.

/ THINK H~ SHOUI,..D K~~P PI,..AYING "FeTCH" WITH HIS DOG.

/ THINK AlDeN 5HOUI,..D QUICKI,.. Y GeT u=ssr AND vsu, AT HIS MOM.

He 5HOUi,..D rau, HI5 MOM, "YOU ARe THe MeANeST MOM eVeR!"

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Aiden was plaLJing fetch with his dog, Bark. After a few throws, Alden's mom called him in for dinner.

\~ID~N, COM~ IN FOJ:< DINN~R!"

\we:R~ BOY, GeT THIS ONe. II

GOSH, I DON'T ReAL..L..Y WANT TO GO IN FOR DINN~R. I AM HAVING TOO MUCH FUN WITH BARK. I AM GOING TO Ke~p PL..A YING '\F~TCH."

He was having so much fun plal,Jing with Bark he kept tossing the rubber chicken, not thinking about his mom's direction ..

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The second time Aiden's mom came to the door, she

was frustrated and yelled for him to get inside. She began thinking about aU the inflexible moments Aiden's had lately. If he could onn, see how being inflexible can make others feel.

''AlDeN, PUT DOWN THe BOOK. we ARe IN A HURRY!"

'Y wiu, ONt... Y eAT AT CHUNKY CHICKeN."

WHY CAN'T AlDeN JUST

Be A "Ft...eXIBt...e THINKeR???"

HIS BRAIN GeTS SO STUCK ON WHAT He WANTS TO DO At...t... THe TIMe.

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Aiden thought he would get in one more toss

to Bark before mom got REALLY mad. This toss would be super far!!! He took the chicken and tossed it as far as he could, and Bark went racing after it ..

But then Aiden started to worry because he could not

j . see or hear his dog. There was no sign of him.

Whew! FinalllJ, he could see Bark racing towards him ..

What did he have?

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No waij! It couldn't be .. Jt was .. .it was superflex's Brain Sensor, the thing that gave his favorite superhero all his powers!!!

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ATT~NTrON! ATT~NTrON!

SOM~ON~ HAS FOUND TH~ 5UP~I<Fl,..~XIBl,..~ B1<AIN 5~N501< THAT W~ T1<1~O TO D~5T1<OY!

"If you have found th;s 6ra;n Sef1sorl you vfr" have the power to help utlJers defeat their ream of IJI1fh;nkables and bring back happiness and social thinking to Social foWfl" 1M be awarel the 1J11f,h;f1kables

are tricky and wi" do anyth;ng to overpower

Super.fTer" ff/ s their dream to rule Social ToWfl" II

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''Whel1 a c;(J:el1l1eeds your hefp, gou w;rf rece;ve a s~af from Dds 6ra;11 Sel1sor and it wi" start to

shake. You wnf become Super ITer :-.~,,:c;.;.

al1d gour m;ss;ol1 wi" be expfa;ned. You wi" know who YOl1 wi" need to hefp I and what

,____ OrtUJ;l1kabfe or Oflth;nkabfes

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you wi" have to defeat.

Your cape wi" be ellu;pped wrth 6ra;n Sensors wrtIJ SuperlToobfe StraWg;es for you to g;ve to the cffJ:el1 to defeat the O",Jdnkabfe. II

The superflex Brain Sensor continued to give Aiden and Bark their very important directions.

Aiden and Bark could not believe what had just happened and they ran inside to tell Mom.

But Mom did not share in their excitement.

"HeY MOM! Guess WHAT?? . YOU~ SON IS THe NeXT 5Upe~FL.ex/ /',

"SURE YOU A~e, HON~Y."

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But his mother was quickly taken by surprise and could not believe

her eyes and ears. She was shocked because Aiden, for the first time ever: asked her how her dalj was; asked her questions about plans for tomorrow; and cleared the plates from the table without being asked.

"HOW WA.S WORK, MOM?"

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"WHAT AR~ YOU DOING TOMORROW?"

"CAN I C!..~AI< YOUR P!..AT~ FOR YOU ?',

After dinner, Aiden and Bark went upstairs to get in a little video game time before bed. He was playing his favorite video game, superttex Soccer, when .... the Brain Sensor started to shake.

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Before he could say a word, Aiden and Bark were standing in a puff of smoke in their awesome Superflex costumes.

/'t$uperfler ...... Rock 6rain is proWng his tim attack on your ne~bor 10mmy1s brain .. ffls brain is geWng stuck and he onry wants to think about hiS Video game even though he has another

" hour of homework to comprete before bed time .. ~J

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Rock Brain was not about to let the new Superflex spoil his plans to take over Social Town.

'Y WIL..L.. Oe:F~AT 5UP~RFL..~X THIS TIM~!'J'

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Superflex and Bark quickly took off for their first mission.

"TOMMY, ROCK BRAIN IS TRYING TO G~T INTO YOUR BRAIN! H~RE:, US~ THIS 5UpeRFL.~X STRAT~GY TO DeF~AT HIM."

"COM~ ON BARK, we HAV~ TO H~L.P TOMMY! tOOK, HIS B~DROOM WINDOW 15 opeN."

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tornmu was so excited to see Superflex and Bark! rornrnu was confident that he could defeat Rock Brain with superflex's strategy.

The strateou on the Brain Sensor read: Think about the fact that if I get my nomework done now, mom may feel so good about that

she mal} give me extra video game time before bedtime.

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"OKAY, TOMMY, NOW IT 15 UP TO YOU."

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\'MOM, I'M G~TTING 5TART~O ON MY HOM~WORK NOW."

Tommy did it!! He focused on the homework he needed to do instead of his video games. Rock Brain was defeated once again with the help of superflex and his strategy!

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suoerflex and Bark quickly flew home, put on their pajamas and jumped into bed because they knew it was almost 9 o'clock, their bedtime. Seconds later, his Mom came into the room to remind him to shut off his video game and to go to bed.

She had to do this EVERY night because he was not a very flexible thinker.

But this night was different. She did not have to say a word. Mom gave him a big smile and said, "superflex would be realllj proud of you today, honeu, sweet dreams."

"He sure would," Aiden said, "He sure would,"

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Sticker Strategies: Practical strategies to encourage social thinking and organization (2007) - Book Social Thinking Across the home and School day (2004) - DVD

Strategies for Organization: Preparing for Homework and the Real World (2005)

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Social ThInkIng Posters for the classroom

Also available:

On line CEU's, 4 different talks bLJ Michelle Garcia Winner (www.nationalceu.com)

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superttex. our social thinking superhero helps to teach elernerrtaru school students about how theu can use strategies to conquer their own, not qujte so flexible "Team of Unthinkables". Through this humorous and delightful comic book, students are encouraged to think about thinking and what thew can do to self-regulate some of their own waljward thoughts and behaviors.

Superflex. the comic book, is designed to be paired with "superttex ... A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum" (2008, Think Social Publishing. mc.s to encourage teachers to set up their own "Superflex Academw". Blj teaching students to explore the differences between Superflex and a rnotleu crew of the "Team of Unthinkables" such as, "Rock Brain", "Brain Eater" and "Bodlj Snatcher", theu can better develop selfawareness and self-monitoring of their own behavior eventuallLJ allowing them to be able to participate in the "Superflex Acadernu Graduation Pertu", Complete with charming illustrations on practical worksheets and manu, rnaru useful lessons, this curriculum is becoming central to working with our elementarLJ school students with social learning challenges.

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Stephanie Madrigal, speech lanGuage pathologist. is currentlu the clinic manager specializing in persons with social cognitive learning challenges at Miche/le G. Winner's Center For Social Thinking, Inc. She has been a member of the team for seven uears and is an innovative and creative therapist. Her work at the center also includes presenting daLJ long social thinking workshops, trainer and consultant to various professionals, school districts and parents, and most recentlu product development. She received her B.A. end M.A. from San Jose state unlversrtu and resides in San Jose, California.

KelllJ Knopp is an illustrator and graphic designer living in Boise, Idaho. Illustration is his favorite but for now the graphic design paqs his bills. Kelllj has been drawing and creating since" he can remember. "Its such a great thing to take a creative thought and transfer it to paper." He is alweus looking for the next project to tackle; www.stuntproductlonseuehoo.com.

ISBN-13: 978-0-9792922-3-1 ISBN-10: 0-9792922-3-9 90000