本心中之課程經由臨床心理學家、社工及特殊幼兒教師乃根據美國語言病理學家Michelle G. Winner的「ILAUGH社交思考」模式為設計藍本。
初步研究顯示，被確診為自閉症的學生在訓練前後(沒有對照組)於聆聽、抽象、想法理解、整體觀及啟動等範疇上均有進步。
參考：
Michelle G. Winner. (2002). Thinking about you thinking about me
San Jose, CA: Think Social Publishing
Lee, Y.S., Lui, L.Y., Kan, P.K., Luke, K.L., Mak, Y.M., Cheung, M.P.,, Cheng L., & Wong, I. (2009). A case series on the social thinking training of mainstreamed secondary school students with high-functioning autism
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