I Can't Do That!: My Social Stories to Help with Communication, Self-Care and Personal Skills [With CD-ROM]

The author provides over 80 stories he has used with great success as a teacher of diverse groups of children, including those with autism, language delays, communication difficulties, difficult behavior, and anti-social behaviors. "Social Stories were originally developed to help children on the autistic spectrum understand the social confusion that they faced in coming to terms with their worlds. Since then, practitioners have developed the ideas for a much wider audience. John provides over 80 stories he has used with great success as a teacher in Kirklees for all sorts of children, including those with language delays, communication difficulties, difficult behaviour, antisocial behaviour as well as those with autism. The situations illustrated range from soiling to stealing, from bad breath to butting in, from kissing to kicking. Examples are provided, but the intention is that the adult and child work together to write a personal story that the child owns. The stories are practical and achievable, the language is down to earth and believable, and the subjects include those that we are often embarrassed to deal with."--Cover Copyright......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 How To Use These Stories......Page 6 1 - Bodily Functions......Page 10 2 - Social Skills......Page 24 3 - Anger Management......Page 54 4 - Work......Page 66 5 - Games and PE......Page 90 Index......Page 95