A collection of free social stories for calming down, building self-regulation strategies, and teaching coping skills. Printable and video social stories for kids are included below.

Are you using social stories with your students for school? Social stories are an evidence-based intervention for individuals with autism, no matter what their age. Research shows that social stories work, and I can attest to that!

Social stories provide clear, concise explanations of emotional situations and offer coping strategies, helping kids learn to recognize and manage their feelings in a healthy way. What are some examples of social stories for emotional regulation?

2024年6月4日 · These stories are most often used with autistic children to help them learn how to approach and act in situations like fire drills, exchanges with peers, or how to handle emotions. It’s important to have social stories for kids that you can personalize, and we’ve got you covered with a free printable bundle of 10 social stories!

Intense emotions like sadness, anger, and grief can be hard to handle without support or guidance. Using social stories to teach your child or student how to process these types of emotions will help them as they mature and learn emotional regulation and coping skills.

2024年1月1日 · Social stories can promote self-regulation and emotional management. This will help in decreasing behaviors in the classroom! By addressing common challenges and stressors in social and classroom situations, these stories equip students with coping strategies and problem-solving skills.

”Spot the Feelings: Social Stories about Emotions’ has been designed to support children and young people with exploring and identifying BIG feelings, such as anger, frustration, sadness, envy, jealously and more.

2024年4月24日 · Social stories have many different uses all focused on healthy social development. When used to depict and display challenging emotions, social stories give children the language to identify, speak about and develop emotional self-regulation strategies.

2023年1月15日 · If you are looking to help your child understand social or emotional situations, check out these social story strategies. Describe the social or emotional skill you are teaching your child. Describe the expected skill in positive terms, and what your child should do.

2021年12月20日 · Here is a great set of texts for grades 3–5 to build social-emotional skills. These eleven short stories provide many opportunities for students to learn from characters’ choices and make text-to-self connections.