Social Stories™ provide REAL social understanding! Carol Gray developed the Social Story™ in 1991 to promote social understanding in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Now, nearly twenty years after their inception, Social Stories have become a standard approach for teachers and parents all over the globe, and the stories are more effective than ever!
This 10th Anniversary Edition of The New Social Story™ Book offers over 150 of the most requested Social Stories, each one professionally written by Carol Gray. But it doesn’t end there—Carol also teaches you how to write Social Stories yourself! Years of experience and trial-and-error have led to updated Story guidelines. Carol explains her fine-tuned process in the included ten-step learning module The Social Story™ 10.1 Tutorials—perfect for parents and teachers!
INSIDE ARE GEMS SUCH AS:
- Mistakes Can Happen on a Good Day
- It Was Fun but Now We’re Done
- When It Is My Turn to Listen
- Saying What I Think with Respect
- Learning to Respond to Bullying
- Telling My Teacher about a Problem
- Fire Drills at School
- Moving to a New Home
- Children Grow Kind Of Slow
- The Truth about Messes
- This Place is Busy
- and DOZENS MORE!
PLUS, to jump-start your story-writing journey,
this book comes with a CD containing each Social Story in ready-to-print PDFs AND easy-to-edit Word files! With the CD, you can customize story content and insert images relevant to your child or student’s individual experiences. An invaluable bonus!
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Carol Gray has over twenty years of experience educating students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Carol initiated the use of Social Stories in 1991 and has written numerous articles, chapters, and books on the subject. She is a sought-after speaker in the United States and abroad. Carol is the director of The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding, a non-profit organization that serves people with ASD, and currently works privately with students, parents, and professionals in a variety of educational and vocational settings.
“Social Stories™ really do work. Great thought, wisdom, and talent went into this new publication. Carol, you have done it again!”
Tony Attwood, Ph.D., world renowned expert on autism spectrum disorders
"What a great tool! Never seen a book so well thought out and so well organized."
Michael
From his Blog: www.askahoosier.com
FOREWORD BY TONY ATTWOOD, PH.D.
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
THE SOCIAL STORY 10.1 TUTORIALS
Introduction to the Social StoryTM10.1 Tutorials
Criterion 1: The Goal
Criterion 2: Two-Step Discovery
Criterion 3: Three Parts and a Title
Criterion 4: FOURmat!
Criterion 5: Five Factors Define Voice and Vocabulary
Criterion 6: Six Questions Guide Story Development
Criterion 7: Seven Types of Social Story Sentences
Criterion 8: A GR-EIGHT Formula
Criterion 9: Nine Makes It Mine
Criterion 10: Ten Guides to Editing and Implementation
LEARNING WITH STORIES
I Wrote These Stories for You
Learning with Stories
The Stories in This Book
CHANGE
Change
The Changes that Form Our Routine
A Theory about Change
My Theory about Change
The Transformers around Us: Butterflies
The Transformers around Us: Frogs
The Transformers around Us: Ladybugs
I Am a Transformer
MISTAKES
What is a Mistake?
Thomas Edison and Mistakes
The Mistakes Survey Story
The Mistakes Survey Worksheet
Mistakes Can Happen on a Good Day
Can Mistakes Happen on a Good Day?
ME AND MY FEELINGS
My Story Album
Children Grow Kind of Slow
Why Do I Need New Clothes?
The People on Trevor’s Team
What is Comfortable?
What is Comfortable for Me?
Happy is a Comfortable Feeling
Looking for Smiles
Smile! Why?
What is Uncomfortable?
What is Uncomfortable for Me?
It’s Okay to Feel Sad, but Feeling Happy is Better
Everyone Has a Fort Able
Welcome to Fort Able!
The Photo Gallery
The Media Room
The Scrapbooking Room
The Gymnasium
The People on My Team
Come to Fort Able
The Steps to Fort Able
CELEBRATIONS AND GIFTS
An Invitation to a Birthday Party
We’re Going to a Big Family Party
What is a Gift?
Why are Gifts Important?
Why Do People Wrap Gifts?
How to Give Someone a Gift.
How to Open a Gift?
Why Wait to Open My Gift?
Learning to Stay Calm around a Wrapped Gift
Some Gifts are Disappointing
What to Think, Do, and Say if a Gift is Disappointing
PEOPLE SKILLS AND FRIENDSHIP
How to Greet Someone
Why Do People Shake Hands?
How to Shake Hands
Two-Person Hugs
One-Person Hugs
When It Is My Turn to Listen
Thanking People for the Nice Things that They Say
Thanking People for the Nice Things that They Do
Learning to Help Others
Helping People Who Haven’t Asked for Help
It’s Easiest to Help People Who Want Help
It May Be Difficult to Help People Who Don’t Want Help
What is Sharing?
What is Respect?
Saying What I Think with Respect
Restating with Respect
Using “Excuse Me” to Move Through a Crowd
Learning to Chew Gum
Three Gum Manners That Matter
What To Do When I’m Done with My Gum
Games Based on Luck
Games Based on Skill
How to Lose a Game and Win Friends
After a Game Ends
BULLYING: WHAT TO THINK, SAY, AND DO
Introduction to Bullying: What to Think, Say, and Do
What is Bullying?
Which Students Try to Bully Others?
My Team
Learning to Respond to Bullying
What to Think in Response to a Bullying Attempt
What to Say in Response to a Bullying Attempt and How to Say It
What to Do in Response to a Bullying Attempt
What My Team Has Learned About Responding to a Bullying Attempt
UNDERSTANDING ADULTS
Adults are Children Who Kept Getting Older
Learning to Respect Adults
Do Adults Know Everything?
Why Moms and Dads Raise Children
Adults Make Many Big Decisions
It May Not Be Fun but It Has to Be Done
It Was Fun but Now We’re Done
Permission
Many Adults Like to Say “Yes”
Three Ways to Say “Yes”
If the Answer Is No: A Story of Hope for Children
HOME AND COMMUNITY
Moving to a New Home
Moving to a New Community
In Fletcher’s Family, Who Knows What?
Washing My Hands
Why People Take Baths or Showers
Taking a Shower in Ten Steps
Sharing a Bathroom by Taking a Shorter Shower
How to Take a Shorter Shower
The Truth About Messes
Restating With Respect at Home
What is a Babysitter?
My Babysitter Knows about Me
The Up Escalator
Eating at the Food Court
This Place is Busy!
SCHOOL
Is Today a School Day?
Absent Today? This is Okay
When My Teacher is Somewhere Else
On a Substitute Teacher Day
Class Schedules
The Truth about Our Class Schedule
Learning about Directions at School
The Big Yellow Everyone Look and Listen Sign
It’s My Teacher’s Decision
My Place in Line
Learning About Respect at School
Using Respect at School
Talking to a Teacher with Respect
Restating with Respect at School
When I Talk with Respect at School.
What is Practice?
Mistakes Happen on the Way to Learning
That’s Great! What to Do with Mistakes on Schoolwork
Telling My Teacher about a Problem
How to Make a Writing Box
How to Write a True Story
A-Okay Ways to Finish My Work
Good Questions for Small Group Projects
An Emergency? The People at My School Know What to Do
What is a Drill?
Why Principals Schedule Drills
Fire Drills at School
Why Schools Have Fire Alarms
About Tornado Drills
PLANET EARTH
"That’s Life on Planet Earth"
Sharing Planet Earth
I’m Taking a Flight
Who Are the Crew?
Who are the Passengers on the Airplane?
What Does “Going Through Security” Mean?
Directions for Going Through Security
Moms, Dads, and Airport Security
What Airport Officers Say and Mean
Jet Way Lines May Be Slow at Times
Parents are Important Passengers
Children are Important Passengers
Is This Flight On Time?
Why Are Some Flights Delayed?
A Wildfire Near Our Home
What Does Evacuate Mean?
Why Do We Have To Go?
People Would Rather Stay in Their Houses
The Evening News: How We Changed Today
At the End of Each Day: A Little Bit Changed and Mostly the Same
Maybe I Could Do That
GLOSSARY
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