“Story-based interventions have been found to be effective with target skills and behaviors, including:”

¨     “Interpersonal skills

¨     Communication skills

¨     Social behavior

¨     Choice and play skills

¨     Understanding emotions

¨     Mealtime skills

¨     Self-regulation

¨     Problem behavior”

Evidence-Based Practice and Autism in the Schools

¨     http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/pdf/NAC%20Ed%20Manual_FINAL.pdf

¨     “Story-based interventions are often used with students who have acquired reading and comprehension skills.  However, if a child has strong listening comprehension skills, you might read the story to her instead of having her read it independently.”

¨     Evidence-Based Practice and Autism in the Schools

¨     http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/pdf/NAC%20Ed%20Manual_FINAL.pdf

“Social Stories and Modeling”

¨     “Modeling is a powerful teaching strategy with children with some form of autism. A social story is a story that depicts some particular social skill being acted out (or modeled).

¨     A good social story will focus on a particular social situation or interaction. A trip to the store, meeting a new person, or going to the school lunchroom with your class - these are all good examples of situations a social story might focus on. The story serves a number of purposes.”

¨     Read more at Suite101

¨     http://www.suite101.com/content/social-stories-for-autistic-kids-a45197

¨     Stories are written and either read or told, Modeling is acted out; however, the difference can sometimes be somewhat blurred. 

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