transforming social stories with your ipad
DESCRIPTION
Transforming Social Stories with Your iPadTRANSCRIPT
Telling Social
Stories
Facilitators:
Janis Arnold, Educational Diagnostician
Miguel Guhlin, Director of Technology Operations
East Central ISD
http://bit.ly/techfiesta13
How To Connect
Janis ArnoldEmail: [email protected]
www.janisarnold.com
Miguel GuhlinEmail: [email protected]
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
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: [email protected]
www.janisarnold.com
Miguel GuhlinEmail: [email protected]
Twitter: mguhlin
Find Session Resources Online at:Find Session Resources Online at:http://mglearns.wikispaces.comhttp://mglearns.wikispaces.com
Special Thanks to East Central ISD