The benefits of Social Stories:
-Can be powerful
-Can be the child’s inner voice
-Always phrased with a positive ending
-Short and to the point
-Must be read (either to themselves or read aloud to them) when they are calm, reread during the behavior, and reread when calm after the behavior.
States:
1. How child feels and what they are doing
2. Gives the reasons that behavior is not effective
3. Gives an alternative behavior
4. Tells benefits of the alternative behaviors
Template: (only include 1 or 2 behaviors or options in each () or blank space)
When I feel (upset, mad, anxious,-may have to ask the child what they are feeling and give it a name-), I (hit, kick, run away, spit).
But, when I do those things I (get a mark, lose recess, hurt my friends, scare the people around me).
When I feel (whatever feeling is mentioned above), I can (request a break, write a note, walk away, talk to my teacher).
When I make a better choice (my friends want to play with me, my mom is proud, I get candy).
I can make better choices by (whatever is mentioned above) when I feel (whatever is mentioned above).
Finished product:
When I feel excited, I like to run down the hallway.
But, when I run down the hallway, I can get hurt or hurt others around me by slipping or tripping people.
I can walk down the hallway so I can stay safe and I keep from hurting my friends.
I will walk down the hallway when I am excited.
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