The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories that Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and their Peers

The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories that Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and their Peers
by Carol Gray

The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories that Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and their Peers
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Book Summary Information

Author: Carol Gray
Foreword: Tony Attwood
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-01-29
ISBN: 1935274058
Number of pages: 254
Publisher: Future Horizons

Book Reviews of The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories that Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and their Peers

Book Review: Research-proven and effective
Summary: 5 Stars

Gray and other scholars have amassed a great deal of research about the effectiveness of social stories, and I've read many of those articles in peer-reviewed research journals. In other words, while a lot of strategies for kids who have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are fad-based or passing, this isn't. My own experience (as a special educator certified in NC in the area of autism) in using social stories attests to that just as much as those research findings do.

This resource includes a CD of social stories, which allows you to access stories and make child-specific changes to them without having to re-type the whole thing. That's a huge help! In the book, you'll find a tutorial section if social stories are new to you. Then there are sections with stories and pictures for:
-Learning with Social Stories (
-Change (8 stories)
-Mistakes (6 stories)
-Me and My Feelings (21 stories, which is fantastic since this is a tough area for kids with ASDs)
-Celebrations and Gifts (11 stories)
-People Skills and Friendship (24 stories)
-Bullying (9 stories)
-Understanding adults (11 stories)
-Home and Community (15 stories)
-School (29 stories)
-Planet earth (21 stories, including 12 about flying on airplanes - this seemed like an oddly titled chapter because most of the stories were only tangentially related to earth)
-And a glossary

This strategy takes time to get used to, but once you're comfortable with it, it can be a great tool for students with social difficulties. While it's been proven with students with ASDs, I've used it with students with emotional and behavioral disabilities and with students who are not socially adept as well.

Summary of The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories that Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and their Peers

Social Stories provide REAL social understanding! Carol Gray developed the Social Story in 1991 to promote social understanding in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Now, nearly twenty years after their inception, Social Stories have become a standard approach for teachers and parents all over the globe, and the stories are more effective than ever!
Winner of an Outstanding Literary Work of the Year Award by the Autism Society of America, this 10th Anniversary Edition of The New Social Story Book offers over 150 of the most requested Social Stories, each one professionally written by Carol Gray. But it doesn t end there Carol also teaches you how to write Social Stories yourself! Years of experience and trial-and-error have led to updated Story guidelines. Carol explains her fine-tuned process in the included ten-step learning module The Social StoryTM 10.1 Tutorials perfect for parents and teachers!
INSIDE ARE GEMS SUCH AS:

  • Mistakes Can Happen on a Good Day
  • It Was Fun but Now We re Done
  • When It Is My Turn to Listen
  • Saying What I Think with Respect
  • Learning to Respond to Bullying
  • Telling My Teacher about a Problem
  • Fire Drills at School
  • Moving to a New Home
  • Children Grow Kind Of Slow
  • The Truth about Messes
  • This Place is Busy
  • and DOZENS MORE!

PLUS, to jump-start your story-writing journey, this book comes with a CD containing each Social Story in ready-to-print PDFs AND easy-to-edit Word files! With the CD, you can customize story content and insert images relevant to your child or student s individual experiences. An invaluable bonus!

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