transforming social stories with your ipad

Telling Social

Stories

Facilitators:

Janis Arnold, Educational Diagnostician

Miguel Guhlin, Director of Technology Operations

East Central ISD

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How To Connect

Janis ArnoldEmail: janisarnold1@gmail.com

www.janisarnold.com

Miguel GuhlinEmail: mguhlin@gmail.com

Twitter: mguhlin

http://bit.ly/techfiesta13

overview of today’s session

In this hands-on session, learn how to blend images and sound into a video

social story using your iPad.

Learn how you can use inexpensive apps on the iPad to easily create social

stories for those within the autism spectrum.

Why are social stories needed?

social impairment

What To Look For:

verbal and non-verbal language impairment

What To Look For:

Repetitive/stereotyped behaviors

What To Look For:

how do we help?

how do we help?

1. Assess

II. Define Diagnosis (Staffing)

III. Educational Plan

IV. An answer for some - Social Stories

how do we help?

1. Assess

II. Define Diagnosis (Staffing)

III. Educational Plan

IV. An answer for some - Social Stories

how do we help?

defining social story

"Social Stories were devised as a tool to help individuals on the

autism spectrum better understand the nuances of

interpersonal communication so that they could interact in an

effective and appropriate manner."

(Source: Wikipedia)

Example #1 - Walking in a Straight Line

Example #2 - Behavior to Model

Existing Social Stories

http://goo.gl/htwpu

Steps to Creating Social Stories

1. Determine point, theme or purpose. Identify the skill you want to teach (e.g. going to the

restroom, walking in a line, social initiation skills) and/or define the replacement skill.

Steps to Creating Social Stories

2. Capture pictures/video of pro-social behaviors.

(e.g. taking turns, sharing).

Steps to Creating Social Stories

3. Reduce the words that will appear in the social story script and feature them next to the picture.

Some may seethis as

“storyboarding.”

Steps to Creating Social Stories

4. Select your technology to create the social story.

https://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

iBook Author

iPad Apps

Tools You Can Use

Steps to Creating Social Stories

5. Publish the social story digitally...share it via iPad or computer as a video file that the parent and

staff can access.

Upload files to an iPad from a Mac, or save them to a Mac from aniPad

Upload files to an iPad from a Mac, or save them to a Mac from aniPad

Steps to Creating Social Stories

5. Publish the social story...print and laminate them for parents to take home, as well be placed in

the classroom library.

Questions? Find us Online...

Janis ArnoldEmail: janisarnold1@gmail.com

www.janisarnold.com

Miguel GuhlinEmail: mguhlin@gmail.com

Twitter: mguhlin

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Special Thanks to East Central ISD