I have found some social stories which will hopefully be useful and also some play scripts. Play scripts are simple scripted play routines which can be acted out and taught to children. This is very useful for children on the autistic spectrum or children with social communication difficulties or a language delay. I will go into more detail about play scripts in a future post as they are so very exciting and I want to dedicate a decent amount of time to them.
So, what have I found to share with you this evening? Well, for my first offering to you dear reader I thought a 'preparing for pre-school' story would be a perfect place to start. We are in August at the moment and as I write there are families all over the country preparing their little ones for their first big step into the world of education.
Although my first blog post had mentioned social stories, just to confuse matters, this is most definitely NOT a social story. It was written for a little boy who was anxious about starting pre-school, (he was eventually diagnosed with an Autistic spectrum condition but not at the time this was written). It doesn't follow the social story rules (again, another post that I must dedicate more time to) but it did meet the needs of the child at the time which, for me, is the most important thing.
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Going to play school
Mummy drives me to play school
in the car
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This is Tina. Tina looks
after me at play school when Mummy leaves.
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Tina and I wave bye-bye to
Mummy through the window. Mummy will be back later. Mummy will always come
back.
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There are lots of toys at
play school. The toys are for all of the children to play with. I can play with
the toys.
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When I have played with
the toys for a while it is snack time. I can have snack and then go back and
play some more.
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After I have played and
had some snack, Mummy comes to collect me.
Play school is now finished.
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Mummy and I go back home
in the car.
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It can be changed as much or as little as you see fit. I wrote it and drew the pictures so I am happy for the story to be used as needed. The story is simple, descriptive and reassuring. I often think it is important to use names in stories so that the child owns the story and relates to it personally. The key workers name is in the story and I would often also use the name of the child in the story too (often in the title) so it is 'their' book.
I hope you find this useful, any feedback and comments about how this blog can continue to support and help will be greatly received.
Happy story making!
Julie
