Carol Gray pubblica The New Social Story Book

Nel decimo anniversario della pubblicazione del libro di Carol Gray The Social Story Book (tradotto in italiano dall'editore Bonadonna: Il libro delle storie sociali, 2004) esce The New Social Story Book.

Carol Gray Seminar, Kettering (England) June 7th-8th 2010

Social Stories 10.1 and Comic Strip Conversations Carol Gray makes a rare appearance in the United Kingdom with the first workshop on Social Stories 10.1 (the revised, updated, and expanded version of Social Stories 10.0) June 7th-8th 2010
Two – Day Seminar/Workshop led by Carol Gray, President, The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding.
This hands-on two-day workshop uses lecture, demonstration, discussion, activities and practice of new skills to teach the elements of the social understanding interventions developed by Carol Gray.
Most notably, participants will be the first to be trained in Social Stories 10.1, the first major revision of (the previous) Social Stories 10.0. The Social Storiesä 10.1 training has many new features, including a more detailed rationale, discussion of Social Storyä research and evidence-based practice, the introduction of Story templates, the positive past tense, Sentences that Coach, and anexpanded emphasis on gathering information for a Social Storyä, Story format, and emotional and social safety.
New insights into Comic Strip Conversations, the cousin approach of Social Storiesä, will also be shared along with a variety of new ideas to model, foster and support social learning. By the close of this exciting, fun, and fast paced workshop, participants will leave with an updated and more detailed understanding of Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations, new ideas to model and teach social understanding concepts and skills at home and school, and a wealth of practical new ideas. Concepts and skills will be applicable for students ages 2-Adult.

The Gray Center: un centro per le storie sociali

Nel 1991 Carol Gray sviluppò le strategie delle storie sociali (da cui il marchio registrato Social Stories™) e delle conversazioni a fumetti (Comic Strip Conversations) ovvero un metodo di insegnare specifiche abilità sociali a persone con disturbo dello spettro autistico. Carol Gray ha scritto diversi sull'argomento: il primo: The New Social Story Book (10th Anniversary Edition) è stato tradotto in molte lingue tra cui l'italiano (Il libro delle storie sociali ad uso delle persone con disturbi autistici per apprendere le abilità sociali, Vannini, 2004).
Nel 1998 Carol Gray ha fondato il Gray Center for social learning and understanding nel quale si svolgono attività formative e di orientamento e seminari sulle storie sociali. La presenza su Facebook e su Twitter facilita il reperimento di informazioni sulle attività del centro il cui logo rappresenta un ponte accanto al nostro pianeta.