Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC, is the founder of Social Thinking® which specializes in developing treatment models and specific strategies for helping persons with social cognitive learning challenges. She runs a small clinic, has authored numerous books and speaks internationally. Ms. Winner's goal is to help educators, psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health counselors and parents appreciate how social thinking and social skills is an integral part of students’ academic, vocational and community success. She was honored with a “Congressional Special Recognition Award” in 2008.