If you read through more of Garcia Winner's work, you will note that the social thinking language is intended to be used as a component of a much larger cognitive-behavioral process of labeling one's own and other's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and the relationships among them. She also observes, repeatedly, that poor implementation results when adults use the terms without having invested sufficient time and patience into conveying the CBT concepts. The terms are best used as cues that invoke a deeper CBT process, rather than just slapped onto behaviors.
ETA: just saw your edit--doesn't sound like the terms convey the CBT process to him...
Last edited by aeh; 03/30/16 07:38 PM.
