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    The document discusses brain filters and how people filter their thoughts to decide what to say out loud. It explains that it is normal to have negative thoughts but we should filter most of them and keep them private rather than expressing hurtful thoughts. Using a brain filter can help keep others feeling calm.

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    The document discusses brain filters and how people filter their thoughts to decide what to say out loud. It explains that it is normal to have negative thoughts but we should filter most of them and keep them private rather than expressing hurtful thoughts. Using a brain filter can help keep others feeling calm.

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    Brain Filters 

    This thinksheet
    supports concepts
    taught in Social
    Thinking Thinksheets
    for Tweens and Teens

    What is a brain filter? Think about a coffee filter, or air conditioning filter, or a
    face mask. Filters are designed to only allow certain things to pass. Our brain
    needs to do the same thing by filtering the thoughts we have to decide which
    ones should pass through our mouths.

    There are times when all of us have negative thoughts about what other
    people do or say. That's just being a human! It's okay to have negative
    thoughts about what people say or do. Others have thoughts about our
    actions and words too.

    But, when should we run those thoughts through our brain filter to decide
    whether or not to say the thoughts out loud. The reality is that negative
    thoughts should mostly stay in our brains (caught in the filter) rather than
    coming out of our mouths. Of course, this depends on what's happening, the
    people around and the place, but it's pretty common for both kids and adults
    to use brain filters.

    If we use our filter to decide what stays in our brains vs. what we say, then
    we can keep others feeling calm or okay when they are around us.

    Remember - it's okay to think what you want - inside your own brain. But, if
    your thoughts might be hurtful, not helpful, judgmental, or just plain mean,
    then keep them in your brain filter!

    Copyright©2021 Think Social Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ​https://www.socialthinking.com/


    This lesson was modified from materials developed at Social Thinking Boston
    Activity​: Animate an example or time when you had to use your brain filter

    1. Students explore and play around with the website


    https://editor.wickeditor.com

    2. Students create a plan to depict a situation of someone using their brain


    filter (What’s the situation? What thoughts did the person have?Why were
    the thoughts filtered? What would have happened if they didn’t filter their
    thoughts? Link with social emotional chain reaction)

    3. Students create the animation independently or in small


    groups/breakout rooms

    4. Student share animations with each other and discuss different situations

    Copyright©2021 Think Social Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ​https://www.socialthinking.com/


    This lesson was modified from materials developed at Social Thinking Boston

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