Bringing Social Stories to Life

Social stories are effective tools for simulating life events to help children with ASD prepare for specific situations. This course outlines different platforms that help you create these stories. To begin, the course outlines the benefits of using social stories, demonstrating how viewing these stories can help children with ASD and other conditions become comfortable in stressful situations, such as their first day of school. The tutorial then examines several technology applications designed to help you create social stories, and details the benefits of each one. These apps include Story Creator Pro, Explain Everything, Puppet Pals, and iMovie.
This 33-minute course uses video tutorials with audio narration walk you through the creation and sharing of a social story in each of the 4 apps, highlighting the pros and cons of using each one.