SEE HOW Autistic Visual Supports CAN BENEFIT YOUR CHILD
"You can HELP YOUR autistic child learn social and communication skills and behaviours" SIMPLY by using autistic visual supports like social stories for autism...
Please read on to learn HOW...
It is not uncommon for children on the autism spectrum to appear aloof even rude at times, free of pretences, oblivious to public opinion and not concerned with making a good impression.
Most autistic children are straightforward and rigidily honest, please don't ask if you don't want the truth! An autistic child will say as they see it, so don't be alarmed if your child with autism suddenly tells Aunty Mary she has a big nose! or Uncle Fred his breath smells bad!
It is true to say children on the autism spectrum lack social skills, this is common to autism and due mainly to the "theory of mind". A child with autism will not worry about how others perceive them or whether they are considered cool or not by their peers.
Using social skills stories as a strategy...
Social stories are treatments of autism that are easy to implement and need no formal training to use.
For example:
You're at a friend's house, your friend's son is playing nicely with his toy.
But your son wants that toy. You have tried to tell him to wait and ask nicely.
You turn your back, and there is a yell!
Your friend's son is crying nursing a bitten arm, while your son is happily playing with the toy.
Your son has not waited to share or asked nicely, his social awareness skills are missing, he wanted the toy therefore he took the toy.
What do you do? Stay in the home and never go out? NO of cause not, you teach your child on the spectrum appropriate social skills.
Easier said than done? MAYBE...But introducing visual autistic supports such as social skills stories can really make a difference.
Social awareness in autism is a problem, due to individuals with autism having social skills deficits, the "theory of mind". Social skills stories tackle social skills deficits, answering the "wh" questions - who, where, why, when and what as well as give an insight into the thoughts, emotions and feelings of others.
Tackling The Theory of Mind - Social Skills Deficits
The Theory of Mind, otherwise known as social skills deficits...What is it?
Common to Autism Spectrum Disorder
All individuals on the spectrum will have deficts in three main areas
of development:
Social Interactions
Communication Difficulties - verbal and nonverbal
And Imagination skills.
Individuals on the spectrum may also have issues in other areas such as repetitive stereotypical movements, such as rocking, stimming and so an. Children on the autism spectrum may also have weird preoccupations with things, like timetables, the mechanisms of watches etc. Many individuals on the autism spectrum will also display obsessive behaviours, echolalia and be hyper or hyposensitive, prefer solitary play, repetition,avoid eye contact, and have a need for things to remain the same routine.
What are social stories? And how do I implement them?
A social skills story is aimed specifically at individuals on the spectrum.
Written by experts, needing no formal training to use.
Printable for ease of use and convenience.
Will slip into your bag to take with you while out.
A social skills story can be edited and personalized to suit your child's ability and language recognition.
Social skills stories can also be used to help prepare for changes to routines, unexpected events or happenings, hygiene issues, in fact almost all social, communication and imagination issues can be dealt with by using social stories as a strategy.
This set of 100 printable social stories for children with ASD and related conditions are simple, understandable, first-person stories with visual aids that can help to calm and address even the most severe behaviors. Using autism visual supports such as social skills stories can show autistic children about feelings, emotions and other behaviors or skills.
Here is a small selection of the 100 printable autism social stories available from this site:
- autism and going to the toilet
- using the telephone
- how to brush my teeth
- visiting my grand parents
- explain what is death
- when I feel angry
- I can do PE lessons
- how to take turns
- I have recess
- playing basketball
- going to a new school
- a hospital appointment
- I am going on an aeroplane
- getting my haircut
- eating in a restaurant
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