The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 15th Anniversary Edition. Carol Gray

      Introduction to the

      Social Story^™ 10.2 Tutorials

      Welcome to the Social Story^™ 10.2 Tutorials, your introductory guide to developing Social Stories^™ according to the current 10.2 criteria. This chapter will help you learn the basics of the approach so that you can begin to write Social Stories^™ for those in your care. As you know, I wrote the Stories in this book for students with autism. I also wrote the Stories with you in mind as well, to introduce you to the art of writing Social Stories^™. I will be referring to them frequently as you read and complete each tutorial.

      As defined in the introduction to this book, A Social Story^™ accurately describes a context, skill, achievement, or concept according to 10 defining criteria. These criteria guide Story research, development, and implementation to ensure an overall patient and supportive quality, and a format, “voice”, content, and learning experience that is descriptive, meaningful, and physically, socially, and emotionally safe for the child, adolescent, or adult with autism. 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 10.2 criteria are titled to make them easy to memorize. This makes it possible for Authors to develop a Social Story^™ without having to run for this book each time.

      The 10.2 criteria are:

      1. One Goal

      2. Two-Part Discovery

      3. Three Parts and a Title

      4. FOURmat Makes It Mine

      5. Five Factors Impact Voice and Vocabulary

      6. Six Questions Guide Story Development

      7. Seven Is About Sentences

      8. A Gr-eight Formula

      9. Nine to Refine

      10. Ten Guides to Implementation

      After completing each tutorial, try to list the titles of the criteria that you have completed from memory. By the time you finish this chapter I am confident that you will have them memorized!

      In this chapter, the 10 criteria are discussed in a series of 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 and their content is varies. For example, the final notes of a tutorial may contain information not previously mentioned, or direct you to complete an additional activity. Finally, It is not necessary to complete all the tutorials in one session. In fact, it may be preferable to spread them out a bit, perhaps completing one each evening.

      Relax and have fun as you learn to develop Social Stories according to the 10.2 criteria!

      SOCIAL STORY^™ VOCABULARY

      First, it’s important to establish some basic Social Story^™ vocabulary. This vocabulary is designed to save us 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 their specialized skills, Author is always capitalized.

       Audience: The Author writes for a specific Audience. This is often a child, adolescent, or adult with autism. 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 Stories.

       Story: Any time the word Story is capitalized, I am referring to a Social Story^™ that meets all the current criteria. This distinguishes Stories from stories (lower case) that may not meet the 10.2 criteria.

       Team: The Team includes parents and professionals, all those working together on behalf of an individual with ASD. Due to the specialized nature of this group, and the unique issues that they encounter and address, Team is always capitalized.

      ACTIVITY

      It is likely that you’ve already had some experiences with Social Stories^™. Maybe

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