Social Stories Cards About Kids in the Community

Each card presents a basic social concept that children need to learn to behave appropriately in community settings particularly when peers are present. The stories help children pay attention to important social cues, to understand the perspective of others, and to respond appropriately in social situations. This set of 35 cards includes topics like greeting a friend, paying attention, riding safely in a car, waiting your turn at a playground, asking for help, and many more. Each story is followed by bulleted highlights and a set of interactive questions to stimulate discussion. The photographs on each card were selected to provide children with a visual understanding of the social challenges in the community. Ages 5-12

• Help make shy children more comfortable in the social world by preparing them for typical social situations
• Topics of cards include: compromise, greeting someone new, keeping friends, making friends, peer pressure, sharing, taking turns, and many more
• Includes 35 photo story cards and instructions
• Ages: 5-12

Written by Lawrence E. Shapiro Ph.D. Photo Social Story Cards are a tool for teaching social skills to young children. The goal of the cards is to increase a child’s understanding of typical social situations and to make him/her more comfortable in the social world. Simple stories, illustrated with concrete photographs, teach children how they are expected to act in typical social situations. Each story is followed by bulleted highlights and a set of interactive questions. The photographs provide an illustration of the story for children who learn more visually. These stories are geared toward elementary school children but can also be useful for older children with more basic social skill needs. These cards can be used with an individual child or with a group of children.