Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

This is Susan Coffin and you're listening to ADHD experts from Attitude magazine.

One of the most painful aspects of parenting children with attention deficit disorder or learning disorders is our children's problems

making and keeping friends and forming relationships that are enduring. Our

guest today is Michelle Garcia winner and our topic is social thinking.

She is a speech therapist, a language pathologist, just by training, and a specialist in students

with social and cognitive challenges.

She's an internationally recognized expert in the field,

spoke in over 10 countries last year,

on the topic of social skills for children.

Michelle has a private practice in San Jose, California, works with clients and consults with families there.

For those of you who are not in California, she also has a terrific website that I recommend to you called Social Thinking.com.

So among the topic she'll address today are what are social skills,

how do we teach them to our children,

how can your child master all forms of social interaction?

What's the vocabulary of social engagement?

And how do you help map your child's social skills

to put him or her on the path to success?

Dr. Winter, thank you so much for being here today. We are very

grateful and we look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Hi, so I'm Michelle and I'm actually not a PhD. I actually just have my master's degree but I do give

trainings to doctors I do grand rounds for psychiatrist psychologist and all so anyhow

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