Carol Gray – OOPS! The most frequent social story erros - Amaze

First, Let’sWrite a Social Story

The goal of a Social Story / Article is toshare accurate information using aformat, “voice”, and content that isdescriptive, meaningful, and physically,socially and emotionally safe for itsaudience. Every Social Story has anoverall patient and supportive quality.

Write a Social Story: TitleLearning AboutDirections atSchoolI Should FollowDirections

Write a Social StoryThere are timeswhen you shouldlisten to adults andfollow theirdirections.Sometimesteachers, or otherschool staff, tellstudents what to do.They give studentsdirections.

Write a Social StoryThere are twoparts to a direction.The first is giving thedirection. Teachersoften do that. Thesecond is followingthe direction. That’sthe students’ job.I am going tolisten to my teacher. Iwill follow herdirections. I will dowhat school staff tellme to do, too. It’s myjob.

Attending the Social Story OOPS! PresentationToday there is a presentation about the mostfrequent Social Story errors. One person is thespeaker. She knows a lot about Social Stories.She is very entertaining, too. You may want tohear her presentation.There will be many people at the presentation.During a presentation, people sit quietly and listento the speaker. That way it is easier for people tohear what is being said.

Attending the Social Story OOPS! PresentationToday there is a presentation about the mostfrequent Social Story errors. One person is thespeaker. She knows a lot about Social Stories.She is very entertaining, too. You may want tohear her presentation.There will be many people at the presentation.During a presentation, people sit quietly and listento the speaker. That way it is easier for people tohear what is being said.

Attending the Social Story OOPS! PresentationToday there is a presentation about the mostfrequent Social Story errors. One person is thespeaker. She knows a lot about Social Stories.She is very entertaining, too. You may want tohear her presentation.There will be many people at the presentation.During a presentation, people sit quietly and listento the speaker. That way it is easier for people tohear what is being said.

Attending the Social Story OOPS! PresentationToday there is a presentation about the mostfrequent Social Story errors. One person is thespeaker. She knows a lot about Social Stories.She is very entertaining, too. You may want tohear her presentation.There will be many people at the presentation.During a presentation, people sit quietly and listento the speaker. That way it is easier for people tohear what is being said.

Attending the Social Story OOPS! PresentationToday there is a presentation about the mostfrequent Social Story errors. One person is thespeaker. She knows a lot about Social Stories.She is very entertaining, too. You may want tohear her presentation.There will be many people at the presentation.During a presentation, people sit quietly and listento the speaker. That way it is easier for people tohear what is being said.

Attending the Social Story OOPS! PresentationToday there is a presentation about the mostfrequent Social Story errors. One person is thespeaker. She knows a lot about Social Stories.She is very entertaining, too. You may want tohear her presentation.There will be many people at the presentation.During a presentation, people sit quietly and listento the speaker. That way it is easier for people tohear what is being said.

Which is from a Social Story?My name is Tim.I am a kindergartenstudent. I amlearning to play agame called, CharlieOver the Water.My name is Tim.I am a kindergartenstudent.I am learning to playa game called,Charlie Over theWater.

Attending the Social Story OOPS! PresentationToday there is a presentation about the mostfrequent Social Story errors. One person is thespeaker. She knows a lot about Social Stories.She is very entertaining, too. You may want tohear her presentation.There will be many people at the presentation.During a presentation, people sit quietly and listento the speaker. That way it is easier for people tohear what is being said.

MY “I AM SORRY” STORYMy name is Pete. I am six years old.Yesterday I hit Charlie. My mom told me totell Charlie that I am sorry and I said, “NO!”It’s important to say that “I’m sorry”. I willtry to remember to say “I’m sorry”.

LEARNING TO USE WORDS WHEN ANGRYSometimes children play together. Sometimesthey may feel sad or angry. Knowing what to do isimportant.Sometimes taking a short break helps childrenfeel better. Other times, children talk with anadult. These are smart ideas.I am learning what to do when I feel angry. Mymom, dad, or teacher are on my team. They canhelp me learn what to do when I feel sad or angry.

A. As a parent,you areconsulted aspart of itsdevelopment,and prior toimplementation(Criteria 2 & 10)

B. Chancesare that it wasn’tdevelopedquickly(Criteria 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

C. It’s safe forthe audience:physically,socially, andemotionally.(Criteria 1 & 5)

D. It is free of allsecond-personstatements,often free of theword ‘you’(Criterion 5)

E. It has clearorganization,including anidentifiablebeginning,middle, and end.(Criterion 3)

F. It isrespectful ofthe audience(All aspects ofall criteria.)

A little homework for you…