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    Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP Profile

    Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP

    Founder and CEO, The Social Thinking Center; Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; Globally Recognized Thought Leader, Author, Presenter, and Social-Cognitive Therapist; Author, Why Teach Social Thinking? (2014), Thinking About You, Thinking About Me (2007) and Think Social (2006); Co-Author, Brain Hacks: Strategies to Rally Motivation and Get Things Done (Even When You Don’t Want To) (2025), Social Situation Mapping: Making Sense of the Social World (2023), You Are a Social Detective! Explaining Social Thinking to Kids (2020, 2nd Edition), Socially Curious and Curiously Social: A Social Thinking Guidebook for Bright Teens and Young Adults (2011)

    MichelleGarcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP

    Upcoming Talks

    Teaching Social Brains
    Applying Brain Science to Improve Social Skills, Belonging, Behavior, Regulation, and Learning
    4) EMPOWERING MINDS & VALUES
    The Fairmont Atop Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
    February 12-14, 2027

    Past Talks

    Schooling Social Brains
    Promoting Social Skills, Interactions,
    and Collaborations in a Digital Age
    Keynote III (Option B):
    The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York, NY
    May 03-05, 2019