As a backtrack, social stories are works that help students (particularly students with autism) handle social situations. Cori More's article states that "Social skill intervention is most successful when the intervention is implemented using many modes of learning naturalistic settings, positive peer models, and socially valid skills." Social stories fulfill this by giving students the exact situation where the skill would take place. The stories are also told in a positive matter of what the students should do instead of focusing on what they shouldn't do. Students can carry these stories around with them when they need to refer to the information and they should also have it read fairly frequently. When writing social stories, one should consider what the students can control in the situation as well as how other people can help them. I would implement social stories in my classroom by going over some common needs in whole groups. This way students do not feel as singled out. I could also create the books and put them in the children's book boxes for them to read independently.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Social Stories
As a backtrack, social stories are works that help students (particularly students with autism) handle social situations. Cori More's article states that "Social skill intervention is most successful when the intervention is implemented using many modes of learning naturalistic settings, positive peer models, and socially valid skills." Social stories fulfill this by giving students the exact situation where the skill would take place. The stories are also told in a positive matter of what the students should do instead of focusing on what they shouldn't do. Students can carry these stories around with them when they need to refer to the information and they should also have it read fairly frequently. When writing social stories, one should consider what the students can control in the situation as well as how other people can help them. I would implement social stories in my classroom by going over some common needs in whole groups. This way students do not feel as singled out. I could also create the books and put them in the children's book boxes for them to read independently.
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Nice job. I like how you gave solutions to many different situations that may come up at the amusement park. This way the person with autism can be easily comforted or reminded if one of those situations occurred. I agree with you as far as what the program had to offer but love the idea of using social stories with people with autism or other disabilities.
ReplyDeleteI like your social story, it expresses the importance of time and waiting. It expresses how to wait and what waiting looks like. I also like that you gave alternate options when waiting like going on a different ride. This video would work well with students with a wide range of disabilities.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of having a physical copy for student to refer to at all times. I also thought that the topic of your digital story was very relevant to people with autism. My uncle has a little to no patience with anything that does not go his way. We always try to bring something to keep him occupied like a book or a tablet.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the topic of your book. It sure seems so appropriate given the fact that so many children love to go to places like Disney, Darien Lake, etc. Did you hear about the recent change in Disney policy for individuals with disabilities? It is really bad news-- you should look it up.
ReplyDeleteAll components appeared to be in your book. The language was clear and concise and the pictures seemed to go along nicely. I might make the font a bit more of a contrast since sometimes the color was hard to read, but otherwise, nice job!