Title of Intervention: Social Stories Purpose: The purpose of this intervention is to decrease disruptive behavior in the classroom by children with autism by reading or having read an individualized story daily. Age/Grade Level: Elementary to high school grade levels are appropriate. Format: Check all that apply Individual Dyads Small Group Whole Class Materials Needed: 1. Computer to print story. 2. Black construction paper to mount story 3. Lamination machine Frequency / Duration: Daily sessions over 4-6 weeks. Intervention Script: 1. Create personalized story based on target behavior. 2. Base the social story or guideline. a. Gray’s guideline for writing social stories i. Write social stories from perspective of the individual with autism. ii. Use a combination of descriptive, perspective, and directive sentences. 1. Descriptive sentences describe what people do in a given social situation, why they are doing it, when and where the event will take place, and who will be involved. 2. Perspective sentences describe the thoughts and feelings of other individuals. These sentences may be related to consequences because they describe how another individual may react when the individual with autism engages in the behavior. 3. Directive sentences state the goals of the story by listing the responses the student is expected to provide during a given situation. iii. Employ the social story ration: one directive sentence for every two to five descriptive and/or perspective sentences. 3. The story is read for the first time to a student individually and includes predetermined comprehension questions that are answered by the child. 4. The student read the story aloud to the teacher once each morning before class. 5. If the student can’t read the story, the teacher reads it to them. 6. The story could be presented to the child at other times through the day as necessary. Data Collection: Progress could be monitored by frequency counts of occurrence of the problem behavior during the intervention period. References: Scattone, D., Wilczynski, S.M., Edwards, R.P. & Rabin, B. (2002), Decreasing disruptive behaviors of children with autism using social stories. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 32(6), 535-542. Compiled by: Taya Stich