The New Social Story Book: 10th Anniversary Edition Paperback – January 29, 2010

Now THIS is how children on the autism spectrum learn, through stories that they can relate to! Anything else is like reading Latin! Broken down well, this guide shows how to teach autistic children through social stories that they can process and understand

These social stories explain so many situations that kids find challenging. My 6 year old with Aspergers needs to be explicitly told the reasons why things are as they are, why we need to do what we need to do, and what is his "job" or our expectation of him. The stories greatly reduce his rigidity and anxiety for new situations & places - he knows what to expect, and he knows what is expected of him. He will often resist "social story time", but as soon as I start reading a story that is relevant to a recent or upcoming experience, he is fully engaged, asks great questions, and wants to read more stories. It works great for my son. I also have Jed Baker's book referenced in the other reviews, which is also a great resource. The books address very different types of situations in different ways. Jed's book addresses how to handle everyday, common social situations, and has been very helpful for us as well. The main difference is Carol Grey's stories address a lot of novel situations as well as common situations, typically explaining "why" with intentionally little instruction, while Jed's book is purely instructional.

Thank you Mz Carol Gray for a masterpiece! I just loved reading and learning how to create Social Stories for those children wanting reasons and not commands. I love the democratic approach to parenting, and teaching our children to navigate through their world without feeling foolish. Social Stories have opened up a world of independence to many children as parents can formulate their own stories to meet the individual needs of the child. I found the many examples in the book most useful as a template to write more fluently and effectively. Loved the CD attached to further help you produce your own work which is tailored to the individual child/teen. So grateful to the Author for her eye for detail when it comes to Social Stories. A must for every educator and that includes parents who become their child's first and last educator.

I am a therapist and used this book with a 10 year old with Asperger's. I really liked the idea and the book, which is beautifully made and printed, and the accompanying CD, but he didn't really care for it. I used several stories and also made a couple customized stories based on her instructions, but while the parent and I liked the stories they weren't much of a hit with this little one either. We then used Jed Baker's picture social skills books, and he loved those. Maybe this approach would work with another child, but for now I am sticking with Jed Baker. I think in the future I may pull from either one depending on the child or skill at hand.

One of my purchases this spring was The New Social Story Book because I wanted some 'home' curriculum of social stories. After reading reviews I settled on this book and I'm quite satisfied. I think a lot of the social story books that I had seen in the past were targeting pre-school to 1st grade kids as well as much lower functioning kids. Carol Gray's book is most definitely targeting late elementary to middle school higher functioning kids. The language is mature and straight forward, but still appealing to a child.We've been using the book for four months now and I'm very pleased. My son is fine with reading the stories together and discussing them and he's liked several of the 'activities'. We started with the intro, but then skipped around to the areas that he was having the most immediate need. The book tackles many critical areas for kids on the spectrum such as change, mistakes, bullying, school, as well as basic social skills areas such as greetings and parties. There's also a large section dealing with feelings, emotions, and feeling comfortable. I really like her 'Fort Able' concept.After hitting some 'key stories' for him, I went back to the beginning and have been doing most of the pertinent stories in order (The Fort Able section in full) and occasionally skipping some stories that aren't too applicable or he's pretty much beyond.The front section of the book contains a lot of great information for the parent or therapist who wants to learn about social story construction and usage.There's a CD that includes pdf and word copies of the book to print out if desired for group activity or printing some of the activity sheets to fill out.This book is an excellent resource. My plan is to continue using the book for the remainder of the summer and hit the 'school' section in full the week before school starts back up. And absolutely, this book is a great resource for neurotypical children as well! Everyone can benefit from thinking about and discussing social stories, even me:)

Very good book for work with children with a variety of social needs. My only criticism, is that some of the stories are kind of wordy, while also being a be short. However it says you can omit or add words in order to make it more appropriate. I would have liked to have more stories about stress or anxiety. Moreover, I really like the stories that are linked to little activities and that talk about change and Fort Able. They are cute little stories for kids.

This is a wonderful book for teachers and parents who need to create Social Stories for students with disabilities. The book includes pre-written stories that can be customized to use with individual students. The book comes with a CD disk with each Social Story in Word and PDF versions. This is a must have book.

Has some ideas for a young kid but it is really geared toward older kids. Like above 8 years old.