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    The New Social Story Book: 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories That Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children
    The New Social Story Book: 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories That Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children
    The New Social Story Book: 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories That Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children
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    The New Social Story Book: 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories That Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children

    By Carol Gray

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    Originally fueled by grassroots enthusiasm, and later confirmed as an evidence-based practice, Carol Gray’s Social Stories have earned the respect of parents and professionals worldwide, while earning the invaluable trust of children and students. Each Social Story describes a social situation, skill, or concept according to Gray’s innovative ten criteria, as defined and explained in the included Social Story 10.1 Tutorials. The goal of a Social Story is to share accurate information meaningfully and safely, promoting true social understanding. This book provides already-written Stories to get you started, plus the direction and tools you’ll need to write your own successful Social Stories. May our collective Stories inform, guide, and inspire the individuals you care for!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJan 1, 2010
    ISBN9781935274971
    The New Social Story Book: 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories That Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children
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    Carol Gray

    Carol Gray, a native of Indianapolis, has suffered from thyroid and autoimmune disease for more than twenty years. After realizing that society doesn’t accommodate individuals with invisible illnesses, she armed herself with ways of coping. She lives in Fishers, Indiana.

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      The New Social Story Book - Carol Gray

      PH.D.

      How To Use This Book

      I wrote this collection of Social Stories™ with you and the child or adolescent in your care (I refer to them as the Audience of your Stories) continually in mind. You may use the Stories in a variety of ways. They may be used directly from the book, or as a pattern to develop Stories of your own. This brief introduction will acquaint you with the resources in this book, specifically the Stories and the Social Story™ 10.1 Tutorials.

      This book contains 158 Social Stories™ that I wrote either for students I was working with directly, or for fellow parents and educators. The Stories are divided into chapters according to their subject matter: Learning with Stories, Change, Mistakes, Me and My Feelings, Celebrations and Gifts, People Skills and Friendship, Bullying, Understanding Adults, Home and Community, School, and Planet Earth. Whereas some chapters focus on specific contexts, others focus on some of the most challenging issues facing children with autism spectrum disorders. I did my best to include the Stories most requested by parents and educators, and ones that I felt, from my personal experience, had helped children the most.

      Some of the Stories in this book are designed to be used in groups, in sequence. The Fort Able Stories (# 30-38) describe an imaginary comfort zone (Come to Fort Able=ComFortAble). Each Fort Able Story describes a room in a fort. The bullying Stories (#74-82) are intended to be read/completed chronologically as well.

      Conversely, be aware that some students' reactions to the imagery can negatively impact their understanding of a social situation or skill. They may think that the Story applies to the child in the picture, but not to them. So if your child or student thinks very concretely, and has difficulty generalizing the skills, you may want to use only the Stories in Word format, customized with his or her experiences, and use the pre-illustrated Stories from the book for your reference only.

      While most of the Stories can potentially be used as they are written, there are some Stories in this book that have to be revised before they are shared with your Audience. These are Stories that were written for a fictional character (e.g., Trevor, Mason, Fletcher) that include sample descriptions of past events. You will need to review those Stories for ideas, and then replace existing details with your Audience's experiences. The individualized Story will make the most sense to your Audience if it is written from a first-person perspective, as though Audience is talking.

      Many of the Stories in this book are intentionally over-written. They may include more text or longer sentences than I typically use when writing for students on my caseload. I did this to provide you with as many ideas and phrasing options as possible, while still maintaining sound Story structure. You, in turn, may review a Story and determine that it's ready to use with the person you are caring for. Or you may decide to revise it, in which case you should have enough text to shorten and/or per-sonalize the Story as you see fit.

      To shorten and simplify a Story, I suggest using only the first sentence of each paragraph and deleting the others. (This strategy only works with some of the Stories, so use your best judgment.) The onesentence paragraph structure is great for kids who are younger, chronologically or developmentally (this book is intended for children between the developmental ages of 6 and 12). Other options to simplify a Story include omitting commas to create two separate sentences, or splitting one Story into two or more Stories.

      You will undoubtedly have many ideas of your own for developing a Story that will meet the unique needs, abilities, and interests of your Audience. The following Social Story™ 10.1 Tutorials are designed to teach you the art and science of writing a Social Story™. They will help you develop Stories that are not only meaningful, but also enjoyable to work on (for both children and adults!). The tutorial section will be your own Social Story™ workshop, for you to complete at your own pace. It includes an introduction to the tutorials, detailed descriptions of the ten newly revised Social Story™ criteria, and a practice activity for each criterion. Once you've successfully read and completed the activities for all ten criteria, you will be able to write effective Social Stories™ for those in your care. Still, I recommend referring to the criteria often during your writing process for ideas and support. I also encourage you to attend an official Team Social Stories™ training, where you can refine your Story writing and practice your skills with others.

      Whether you are a beginner or an experienced author of Social Stories™, this book is designed to support your continued learning. You may decide to research Social Stories™ further on the web, but please use your discretion with regard to content if you refer to Social Stories™ on the internet. Above all else, the 10.1 criteria work to ensure Audience safety. There are only three web addresses that I recognize for Social Story™ information. They are my own website (CarolGraySocialStories.com), The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding website (TheGrayCenter.org), and Future Horizons' website (FHautism.com). While other sites may imply my involvement, it simply is not the case. Be sure to look for my name explicitly and the trademarked Social Stories™ to ensure that the information and stories found there reference Social Stories™ as they are defined in this book.

      If you find this book helpful, I welcome you to explore its companion resources. Comic Strip Conversations uses simple drawings to illustrate interactions and explore social events, concepts, and skills with students. No Fishing Allowed, a peer violence prevention program, puts the strategies from the bullying Stories into action. My team and I have also created a DVD titled Storymovies™. A Storymovie™ is a Social Story™ illustrated with a short movie. Each is shot on location, merging descriptions of social concepts and skills with footage of live situations. (Stories in this book that have corresponding Storymovies™ available have a scene slate icon near the Story number.)

      Thank you for your interest in Social Stories™. I am glad that this book has fallen into your good hands! Have fun exploring the Stories and completing the tutorials. I sincerely hope that this resource will come to your aid, like an old friend, when you need support, and become a trusted volume in your library for many years to come. Best wishes to you and your Audience!

      Social Story™ 10.1 Tutorials

      Introduction to the Social Story™ 10.1 Tutorials

      Welcome to the Social Story™ 10.1 Tutorials! This chapter is your introductory guide to writing Social Stories™ according to the current 10.1 criteria. You will learn the basics of the approach so that you can write Social Stories™ for those in your care. As you know, I wrote the Stories in this book for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The Stories will also help you. I will be referring to them frequently as you read and complete each tutorial.

      A Social Story™ describes a situation, skill, or concept according to ten defining criteria. These criteria guide Story development to ensure an overall patient and supportive quality, and a format, voice, and relevant content that is descriptive, meaningful, and physically, socially, and emotionally safe for the Audience. The criteria define what a Social Story™ is, and the process that researches, writes, and illustrates it.

      In this chapter, the criteria are discussed in a series of ten tutorials. Work through them in sequence. Each tutorial opens with a brief definition of the criterion in italics, followed by a short discussion, activity and answers, and final notes. Answers are discussed in the text immediately following each activity. For this reason, complete each activity before reading further. It's also important to read the closing notes of each tutorial. They are not always a simple summary. As titled, they are final notes. They may contain information not previously mentioned, or suggest an additional exercise. Finally, it is not necessary to complete all of the tutorials in one session. In fact, it may be preferable to spread them out a bit, perhaps completing one each evening.

      The 10.1 criteria are titled to make them easy to memorize. This makes it possible for Authors to develop a Social Story™ without having to turn to this book each time.

      The 10.1 criteria are:

      One Goal

      Two-Part Discovery

      Three Parts and a Title

      FOURmat

      Five Factors Define Voice and Vocabulary

      Six Questions Guide Story Development

      Seven Types of Sentences

      A Gr-eight Formula

      Nine Makes It Mine

      Ten Guides to Editing and Implementation

      After completing each tutorial, try to list the titles of the criteria that you have completed from memory. Occasionally, I will remind you to do that! By the time you finish all ten tutorials, I am confident that you will have them memorized.

      SOCIAL STORY™ VOCABULARY

      First, it's important to establish some basic Social Story™ vocabulary. This vocabulary is designed to save time, so that Authors (that's you!) can efficiently focus on the task at hand.

      Author: The Author is you, the person who researches and develops a Social Story™. The Author may also be someone else, or a team of parents and professionals. Authors adhere to ten criteria that define each Social Story™ and the process that creates it. Due to the Author's specialized skills, the word Author is always capitalized when it is used in reference to Social Stories™.

      Audience: The Author writes for a specific Audience. This is most frequently a child, adolescent, or adult with an ASD. Each Social Story™ is developed with consideration of several individual factors, including but not limited to the age, gender, abilities, personality, preferences, and/or interests of the Audience. Audience is always capitalized when it is used in reference to Social Stories™.

      Social Stories™: The definition of Social Stories™ appears in the second paragraph of this introduction. Any time the term Social Story™ is capitalized, it refers to a Social Story™ that meets all of the current 10.1 criteria. This distinguishes Social Stories™ from social stories (lower case) that may not meet the criteria. When the term is used in these tutorials, it refers to Social Stories™ and Social Articles™. Social Articles are the more advanced counterpart of Social Stories™. They are often written for students who are older or academically more advanced. Social Articles adhere to the same criteria as Social

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