Writing Effective Social Stories and Social Narratives for Autistic Children

Social Stories were first developed by Carol Gray, and are an extremely effective, and evidence based strategy for teaching autistic learners, and those with other social communication disorders, about what to expect, and what is expected, in a wide range of situations. ‘Social narrative’ is an umbrella term that includes Social Stories as well as other simple stories that visually represent social situations and behaviours for autistic learners.

In this short webinar, participants will learn what a Social Story/ narrative is, what they can be used for, their essential features, and how to write effective Social Stories/ narratives for the children that they work with.

This webinar is suitable for primary and post-primary teachers, SNAs and parents who wish to learn the basics of Social Story/ narrative writing.

Participants will receive free, sample social stories which they can edit for their own students.

Tutor: Claire Romito

Claire is an experienced Irish primary school teacher, having graduated with a First Class Honours B.Ed in Education and Psychology in 2012. Claire has extensive experience as Assistant Principal and SEN coordinator and has taught in mainstream, SET, EAL, and as Autism Class teacher. Claire runs the hugely popular teachingplans.ie website and blog, which provides teachers with high-quality editable resources, as well as support and guidance to help make the job more manageable.