Aspergers Social Stories: September 2011

Using Public Restrooms: Social Story for Children with Aspergers and Autism

Here's a social story for Aspergers and Autistic kids about "using public restrooms":

Teaching Social Skills and Emotion Management

Getting Along With Others: A Social Story About Friends

Here's a social story to help the Aspergers/Autistic child get along with peers:

A social story that teaches children with Aspergers an Autism how to get along with their friends...

Teaching Social Skills and Emotion Management

I Don't Like Meltdowns: A Social Story for Aspergers/Autistic Kids

Here's a social story to help children prevent meltdowns and tantrums...

This social story (in video format) shows how children with Aspergers and Autism can self-regulate emotions, thus avoiding meltdowns and tantrums.

Teaching Social Skills and Emotion Management

No Kicking or Biting: A Social Story for Aspergers/Autistic Kids

Here's a social story that helps aggressive children to stop fighting, biting and kicking...

Teaching Social Skills and Emotion Management

Aspergers Kids and School Anxiety: A Social Story

Allen Talks About "Being Afraid of School"

Is it O.K. to be afraid of going to school sometimes?
YES! You don’t have to be brave all the time.

Is it O.K. to come home and cry after a bad day at school?
YES! Everybody has a bad day now and then.

Is it O.K. to talk to my parents about the scary things that happen in school?
YES! Talking about your fears helps you to get rid of them.

Teaching Social Skills and Emotion Management

What Are Social Stories?

“Social stories” describe situations, skills, or concepts that model relevant social cues, perspectives, and common responses. The goal of a social story is to teach specific skills in a manner that is easily understood by children with Aspergers and other Autism Spectrum Disorders. The child’s improved understanding of social events and expectations that result from reading/watching social stories often leads to more effective responses from the child.

Social stories for children with behavior problems due to Aspergers and other Autism Spectrum Disorders help teach more appropriate social skills. These children don't just “pick-up” social skills, so social stories can provide a great tool in teaching a skill in a direct way.

Social stories for these children help to give them a better understanding of other people's thoughts, feelings and views. They also help the child to better predict other people’s behavior based on their actions.

Social stories present various situations in a structured and direct way so that the child can understand a situation without having to "read between the lines". Social stories are written from the child's perspective and are simply illustrated using uncluttered drawings or photographs to depict each step of the story.

Social stories can be written about many different social and behavioral situations that children encounter in the school or any other environment. Some possible ideas for social stories include:

• circle time
• getting in line
• sharing toys
• sitting in the lunch room
• taking turns on the swings
• taking turns when playing games
• or any other situation that causes confusion for the child

=> How To Write Social Stories