Social stories for teenagers can be helpful tools to learn important skills and navigate complex situations. The teenage years present numerous social challenges that can be overwhelming for many teens, including neurotypical high school students. However, older students with autism or ADHD may find it...
This 5-week study attempted to remedy that by evaluating the effectiveness of Social Stories in one of the outlying islands off the southern coast of Taiwan. A simple ABAB design was used with an autistic 7-year-old in the first grade that yelled loudly and frequently during the school day...
Examples of social stories as comic strips provide a boost in confidence through repetition, which makes these difficult experiences less scary, and more predictable. The concept of Social Stories was created by Carol Gray in 1991 to use with both adults and children with autism. She hoped that...
I am Autistic, have ADHD, and I enjoy social events. There is a common misconception that Autistic people avoid social events because we don’t enjoy them. What I don’t enjoy is the impact on my mind and body from attending them. This impact is called a social hangover. It is the f...
Social story interventions are commonly used to promote appropriate behavioral responses in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; Gray, 2004). This type of intervention is often used in general education contexts, but recently it has been used and examined in physical activity contexts (...
Social Stories, developed by Carol Gray in 1990, are stories which can be used with individuals with Autism to exchange information that is personalized and illustrated. Social Stories are usually short, simple and have defined criteria to make them “Social Stories”. Anyone can create a Social...
Stories that touches on the difficulties children encounter when they meet a child with special needs such as autism. Children who have a brother or sister with special needs may find it difficult to explain to their friends, or feel disappointed when th
Create Social Stories & Visual Schedules Our easy to use interface will have you creating and saving your own social stories or visual schedules (for free!) in no time. From the “home” screen tap the “new social story button.” You can then choose a photo for your cover and a title...
The intervention included reading individualized Social Stories that discussed target behaviors and self-regulation strategies, along with practicing the self-regulation strategies with the interventionist. I measured the percentage of intervals in which the participants engaged in self-regulatory behaviors and...
Social-cognitive neuroscience offers insights into the early course of brain development and its connections to autism spectrum disorder