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.

Special Learning lancia “Social Stories” per iPad.

Queste storie sociali per iPad le propone a 9.99 dollari ciascuna Special Learning. Sono storie illustrate per insegnare come comportarsi in alcune semplici situazioni: Saying Thank You, Saying Good-bye, Asking for Help, Trying When It’s Hard, Saying Hi.
Le storie sociali saranno presto disponibili anche per piattaforme Android.

Potrei andare in bagno? (per favore) - Storia Sociale n. 3 (disegni: G. Meloni)

Si mastica con la bocca chiusa. Storia sociale n. 2 (disegni: F. Pani)

Social Stories Made Easy (by triplestories.com)

Social Stories Made Easy
Developed with financial support from The Autism Foundation & The National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools

Objectives:
- Create a library of printable Social Stories, Value Exercises, and other visual supports. Unlimited and fully customized for any situation.
- Improve Communication. Triple Stories can help stimulate different forms of communication and improve social skills, language, and imagination.
- Who is it for? Trusted by thousands, Triple Stories has become a valuable resource for teachers, special educators, therapists, and parents across the world.
- Knowledge Base. With tons of examples and instructions, the knowledge base in Triple Stories works as a guide that can help any caregiver create more effective visual materials.

Functioning:
Triple Stories is a computer program that can help improve communication, language, social skills, and more. It allows parents and professionals to quickly create visual supports and effectively help increase their use of visual strategies.

Examples:





Social Stories
Social Stories is an educational tool that can be used to clarify and interpret social situations. The stories become a customized “instruction manual”.



Preparing Ahead Visualizing a situation before actually experiencing it brings a sense of security and helps reduce unwanted stress and anxiety.



Facial Expressions Create materials that practice an individuals understanding of facial expressions, gestures, and body language.

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.

iPrompts® Video Tutorial - iPod/iPhone help for autism

This video demonstrates uses of iPrompts® (versions prior to v1.1), a customizable communications tool for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
iPrompts® empowers those with language and behavioral challenges, by allowing caregivers to configure and present visual Picture Schedules, Countdown Timers and Choices. iPrompts® helps the "differently enabled" population transition from one activity to the next, understand upcoming events, make choices, and focus on the task at hand. To buy iPrompts®, search for "iPrompts" on the Apple iTunes Store.
For more information: http://www.handholdadaptive.com.

Le storie sociali di Jim e Megan Sumlin (dal sito Io Cresco)

Jim e Megan Sumlin - Storie sociali - Le storie, gruppi 1A 1B 1C
Documento tratto dal sito ABA Resources for Recovery from Autism PDD Hyperlexia di Richard Saffran

Traduzione a cura di Daniela A.R. Alemanno nel sito Io Cresco

Gruppo 1 A
# 1. NESSUNA RISPOSTA DAGLI ALTRI
* Mi piace parlare con la gente, SPECIALMENTE con gli altri bambini
* Non SEMPRE mi rispondono quando parlo loro
* Forse non stavano facendo attenzione o non mi hanno sentito
* Forse non VOLEVANO parlarmi oppure erano occupati
* NON DEVO FORZARE gli altri a rispondermi
* Posso allontanarmi e dimenticarmene ed essere felice comunque
* Sono orgoglioso di me stesso quando mi allontano

# 2. ASPETTARE IL PROPRIO TURNO

* Vedo gente che aspetta in fila per tutto il tempo
* A volte devo restare in fila al negozio o a scuola
* So che quando sono in coda, devo restare lì e non svincolare
* Se non resto in fila a scuola, gli altri bambini penseranno che non ho autocontrollo
* I loro genitori non vorranno che io vada a casa loro o alle feste di compleanno
* I genitori non lasciano che i propri figli giochino con chi non sa auto controllarsi o restare in fila
* Se non resto in fila al negozio, mia madre e mio padre non mi compreranno le cose che mi piacciono
* Aspetto sempre in fila con pazienza, ovunque mi trovi

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Drama Therapy for Autism (Lisa Jo Rudy)

Drama Therapy for Autism. By Lisa Jo Rudy - About.com Guide - Updated: October 29, 2007. About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by the Medical Review Board
People with autism are often verbal, but lack the skills to speak and interact socially. Sometimes, language skills are echolalic - that is, people with autism repeat others' words verbatim. Some parents have noted that their children with autism can actually recite big chunks of dialogue from TV shows and movies, with precisely the same accent and intonation as the original.
Drama therapy offers the opportunity for verbal individuals with autism to build on their imitative strengths by actually learning, practicing and perfecting "lines" in a fun, supportive setting. It also allows participants to work on social improvisation, practice social skills learned in other settings, work on reading and using body language, and develop speaking skills. Even better, it offers participants the opportunity to actually become actors, star in a show, build confidence, and earn sincere applause.
Cincy Schneider is a pioneer in the field of drama therapy for people with autism, and author of the book Acting Antics: A Theatrical Approach to Teaching Social Understanding to Kids and Teens with Asperger Syndrome. Her classes in theater and movement are offered to kids and adults of all ages, and with a fairly wide range of diagnoses (high functioning autism, Asperger syndrome, PDD-NOS, Non-Verbal Learning Disorder, ADHD, etc.) According to Cindy, participants may gain:
* self-confidence not only in performing, but in interactions
* improved self-esteem; pride in their accomplishments
* improved recognition of emotions in others
* improved identification and labeling of own emotions
* new leisure time activity in a group where they can be successful
* new awareness of volume levels and beginning modulation of level
* new skills for functioning as part of a group
* new skills for following directions
* improved ability to interact with peers
* increased self-confidence through success
It's not easy to find a drama therapist specializing in autism, since the field is so new. At present, there are only a few formal drama therapy groups serving individuals with autism.
The good news, though, is that typical drama instructors have a great deal of what it takes to work with children on the autism spectrum. Many of the games, improv activities and exercises that work for typical theater students can be easily modified for learners on the autism spectrum.
Resources:
Schneider, Cindy. Acting Antics. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishing. C 2007
Interview with Cindy Schneider, May 2007.

A Social Story: Personal Space (video: teachertube.com)

Personal Space una storia sociale dedicata allo spazio personale

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.

A model for understanding social stories (Lisbeth Klastrup)

A model for understanding social stories by Lisbeth Klastrup

© Lisbeth Klastrup, 2009

An Introduction to Social Stories - polyxo.com

An Introduction to Social Stories [by Jason M. Wallin (polyxo.com)]
What are Social Stories?

Social Stories are a tool for teaching social skills to children with autism and related disabilities. Social stories provide an individual with accurate information about those situations that he may find difficult or confusing. The situation is described in detail and focus is given to a few key points: the important social cues, the events and reactions the individual might expect to occur in the situation, the actions and reactions that might be expected of him, and why. The goal of the story is to increase the individual’s understanding of, make him more comfortable in, and possibly suggest some appropriate responses for the situation in question.

Le storie sociali create da Natural Learning Concepts

Oggi abbiamo ricevuto due libretti della Natural Learning Concepts Inc (New York): "The restaurant and the movies" e "Answering questions and sayng hy and bye".
I due libretti raccontano le storie in prima persona ("Se la maestra mi chiede che tempo fa oggi, io rispondo"; "io uso la forchetta per mangiare, non le dita") e sono illustrati molto vivacemente da Peter Orr: tratti nitidi e grossi, occhi grandi, bocche appena accennate (tranne nel caso del bambino che mangia gli spaghetti).
Abbiamo acquistato i due libretti con Amazon.com (sono arrivati questa mattina dalla Nuova Zelanda) e li abbiamo pagati 9,95 dollari ciascuno. Considerando le eccellenti combinazioni di testi e disegni, e l'ottima stampa, sembrano soldi ben spesi. Tuttavia un commento dal sito autism.about.com conferma i nostri dubbi: i libretti impongono uno schema definito (e definitivo), non modificabile ("they are not customizable. It's hard to know how they could be used in a general setting.")

Pictures from Social Story Book

Fonte: SpEd - Special People Extraordinary Dedication spedsg.com (Social Story Book)

Storie Sociali artigianali (visualcurriculum.com)

Fonte: visualcurriculum.com