Carol Westby – Theory of Mind Interventions to Develop Social-Emotional Skills

Features Carol WestbyCCC, PhD-SLP: Internationally-A renowned expert in Theory of MindLanguage, language assessment and development-Literacy and the developer of The Westby Scale the Game!

 Carol Westby – Theory of Mind Interventions to Develop Social-Emotional Skills

Foundations for ToM Development

• ToM dimensions
• Neuroanatomical/Neurochemical foundations for ToM types or dimensions
• Genetic/environmental influences on ToM
• DSM-5® diagnoses and comorbidities

Assessment of ToM Development

• Formal and informal methods to Assess ToM
• Precursors for infants/toddlers
• Emergence during preschool
• School with a higher order of ToM-Age of adolescents and children

Cognitive/Affective ToM and Interpersonal/Intrapersonal ToM

• Patterns of ToM development levels and ToM deficits
• Academic and social implications
• Profiles to Effectively match deficits to Interventions

ToM Interventions For: Toddlers and Infants

• Engage children in emotional sharing
• Develop There are many types of joint attention
• Promote coordination/coordination-Interaction regulation

Early Preschool

• Develop It is a sense of Play for yourself
• Develop Pretend you have play skills
• The ability to use nurture foundations for autobiographical memories and the ability to Take a look at the future

Late Preschool/Early Kindergarten

• ToM is a vocabulary- and syntactic-based program.
• Identify clues or cues to You can recognize and infer emotions of Self and others
• Use language to promote counterfactual reasoning, mental time travel, and other related topics

Late Elementary/Adolescents

• Strategies for emotional and behavioral regulation
• Strategies to Promote social and academic comprehension
• Sentence frames to Use complex syntax to explain the reasons behind emotions and behaviours

Deficiencies in Theory of Mind (ToM), are at the heart of Social-Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Social Communication Disorders, (SCD), and their families can experience emotional difficulties. to The social problems of Children with Language Disorders (LD), and children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing-of-Hearing (DHH).

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Features Carol WestbyCCC, PhD-SLP: Internationally-A renowned expert in Theory of MindLanguage assessment, development and play assessment-Literacy and the developer of The Westby Play Scale

Children with Theory of Mind (ToM) deficits lack social-Reciprocity, perspective taking and struggle to Infer about the actions, thoughts and feelings of others. They lack self-esteem-Awareness and emotional regulation. They perceive the world in which they live. to They can be unpredictable, putting them in a disadvantage academically and socially. As a therapist, your challenge is to work with these children. to Help them to develop a strong social network-Emotional functioning

Join Theory of Mind expert, Carol WestbyCCC, PhD-Learn more about the development stages of SLP of ToM from infancy to high school-Adolescence is a time for level thinking. This is how you will be able to learn. to Identify the patterns of ToM development levels and ToM deficits to Effectively match intervention strategy to the child’s specific needs. Through video examples, children’s books and movies and pictures you will learn to Design and implement strategies to Social development-Emotional underpinnings of ToM.