Social Situation Mapping

Helping Learners Understand and Make Choices in the Social World

What’s going on around us influences our thoughts, feelings, and choices. Social Situation Mapping (formerly Social Behavior Mapping) teaches learners how to use social observation to figure out what to do or say (or not do and say) based on the situation. Revised, updated, and retitled, this practical book includes 80+ completed Social Situation Maps to explore 40+ common situations at school, home, and in the community. The maps outline the Social Emotional Chain Reaction, which shows how we all impact one another when sharing space, and provide multiple options for choices and their consequences through the learner’s perspective.

Social Situation Mapping: Making Sense of the Social World is available digitally on Google Play only (printable). To learn more browse below. To browse all our digital products, click here.

The maps are meant to be taught from the perspective of the student or client to provide options for what to do or say in common situations

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What’s happening around us influences our thoughts, feelings, and responses. Social Situation Mapping (formerly Social Behavior Mapping), a core teaching framework within the Social Thinking® Methodology, uses visual templates to encourage learners to engage social observation for figuring out what to do and say (or not do and say) based on a particular situation: where we are, who is present, and what is happening. The maps also outline a fundamental teaching framework we call the Social Emotional Chain Reaction, which shows how we all impact one another when sharing space. The maps are meant to be taught from the perspective of the student or client to provide options for what to do or say in common situations. We encourage educators, therapists, and parents to jointly generate unique maps alongside the student or client based on their individual goals.

Available on Google Play only (printable).

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Social Situation Mapping

[Social Situation Mapping Ages: Ages 8+ Activities

What’s going on around us influences our thoughts, feelings, and choices. Award-winning Social Situation Mapping (formerly Social Behavior Mapping) teaches learners how to use social observation to figure out what to do or say (or not do and say) based on the situation. Revised and updated, this hands-on book includes 80+ completed Social Situation Maps to explore 40+ common situations at school, home, and in the community, plus a reusable blank template that can be customized for any situation. The maps outline the Social Emotional Chain Reaction, which shows how we all impact one another when sharing space.

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Social Situation Mapping + 10 Steps Poster

[Social Situation Mapping + 10 Steps Poster Ages: Ages 8+ Poster

Use this updated dry-erase poster (18” x 24”) as you teach social learners ages 8+ Social Situation Mapping, a powerful, metacognitive tool for fostering social awareness and self-regulation in diverse social situations throughout the day. The poster outlines the 10-step teaching sequence to deepen social emotional and academic learning and ensure fidelity. The map structure starts with defining a particular situation, and then walks learners through different paths of a Social Emotional Chain Reaction, as they explore how what we all do impacts how people think and feel, which guides how we respond to one another, and ultimately how we feel ourselves.

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Social Fortune or Social Fate

[Social Fortune or Social Fate Ages: 10+ Activities

Award-winning and kid-friendly, this graphic novel-style book uses comic strip scenarios to teach about common social and emotional chain reactions. Co-developed, critiqued, and inspired by Neurodivergent tweens and teens, this book represents the 10 social scenarios they most often encountered. Readers will get to see the choices of three characters and the outcome of those choices (social fortune or social fate).

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