The articles reports on a study conducted by researchers from University of Texas at Austin in which the social behavior of autistic children were improved by reading to them social stories. These behaviors includes difficulty in asking friends to play, raising hands in class incorrectly and making...
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 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...
Social stories for teens or adults, more complex pictures may be used, but keep in mind the need for simplicity. Images with busy backgrounds or intricate details might be distracting, and take away from the overall lesson of the story. When in doubt, keep it simple. The free library of ...
This app is also a library of some of the social stories that we have created for common behavioral skills and social situations. We give you one story “Taking Care of My Device” for free so that you can be familiar with our audio, graphics and story style before committing to any in...
Over the past 20 years a variety of treatments have been developed to remediate deficits associated with autism. Since the early 1990 s, Social Stories have been suggested to positively affect the social development of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Despite much research, there remai...
Sensory-friendly family activities and social skills videos for children with autism and other special needs.
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Many credit social media with helping to de-stigmatize ADHD and its many co-morbidities, and celebrate the potential for users to share stories and information, as well as build community. “I was initially reluctant to engage in this platform,” said Hamdani in a recent article for ADDitude...
An increasing body of literature has indicated that social stories are an effective way to teach individuals diagnosed with autism appropriate social behavior. This study compared two formats of a social story targeting the improvement of social skills during game play using a pretest posttest repeated...