Social Thinking®, Pseudoscientific, Not Empirically Supported, and Non-Evidence Based: A Reply to Crooke and Winner

The creators of Social Thinking® (i.e., Michelle Garcia Winner & Pamela Crooke) responded to our initial analysis of Social Thinking®. As a result, we provided a second commentary addressing their response. In this commentary, we clarified the results of our original analysis regarding Social Thinking®, critically evaluated the definition of what constitutes an evidence-based practice, and further evaluated the research on Social Thinking®. The results were the same in that Social Thinking® lacks research to be considered evidence-based or empirically supported, is a pseudoscience, and should not be used with individuals diagnosed with ASD.

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