Social+Stories



Reflection: I have used social stories over the past few years. I have used them as tools to transition students between different setting, to introduce them to new staff members and to help prevent challenging behaviors. I have found that social stories work with some students but not all students. When using social stories I have found the most success with student who want to please or work with peers and adults. They want to make friends and will change their behaviors in order to do so. I have used social stories in many formats such as powerpoints, imovies, word documents and boardmaker boards. It is important to note that when creating social stories you should focus on one, maybe two, behaviors at a time. If I were using these social stories during the school year, I would modify the stories by using real photos of the student performing what is explained in the story. I like using real photos because students can see themselves completing the tasks that we are wanting them to perform. It is a more concrete way to communicate the expected behaviors. •Introduce the story in a patient, relaxed way. •Don’t share a story when the child is upset or the situation isoccuring. •Pick a place where there a few distractors and say, “I wrotethis story for you.” or “I have a story about _. It’s time to read it now.” •Read the story through once or twice. •Share the story with other people who are directly involved inor with the story. •Most stories are reviewed once or twice per day and can bereviewed right before the target situation. •The topic of the story will dictate your review schedule. •i.e. a story about a holiday may be reviewed daily for a fewweeks prior to the event •a story about a social skill that is used in a variety ofsituations may be reviewed once or twice per day.
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** Resources of Pictures ** **[|School Clip Art]**Boardmarker Plus version 6.1