| Autism is a disorder of the brain that is
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| | Since one of the aspects of autism is the
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| biological in function. It causes
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| | inability to interact normally in a
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| anywhere from mild to severe social
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| | social situation, social stories can be
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| impairment and an inability to function
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| | utilized in a variety of different ways
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| normally in society. However, there are
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| | in order to model appropriate behavior.
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| ways to treat many of the cases of
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| | Autism education pioneer Carol Gray
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| autism. Autistic children can learn and
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| | developed this approach in 1991. By using
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| excel and if certain teaching methods are
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| | engaging stories, children with autism
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| used, their progress can be nothing short
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| | can learn appropriate and inappropriate
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| of fantastic.
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| | responses to situations. The level of
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| One of the most important things to
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| | fun, of course, is up to the way social
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| realize in making learning fun for
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| | stories are used. Usually, the stories
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| autistic children is the fact that they
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| | are tailored to the child. By modeling
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| learn in different ways than children
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| | situations familiar to an autistic child,
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| without autism. Autistic children
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| | they can be better prepared to react in a
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| generally have a disability in social
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| | socially appropriate to those same
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| skills. Sometimes this difficulty in
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| | situations in the future. Social stories
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| communication involves language skills.
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| | usually have three distinct ways of
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| However, there are a number of ways to
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| | addressing a particular situation. The
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| make learning these important skills more
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| | first describes who, what, where and why
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| than just a chore. By injecting fun into
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| | in relation to the situation. The second
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| learning, it has been shown that autistic
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| | is a perspective sentence that
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| children learn at a faster pace.
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| | illuminates how others react to the
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| Actually, fun and learning work well for
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| | situation being discussed. Finally, the
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| all types of children, but autistic
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| | third sentence tries to model an
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| children are special and require more
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| | appropriate response. Sometimes the use
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| tailored methods.
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| | of social stories can be accompanied by
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| Children with autism seem to learn best
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| | music and pictures. In terms of making
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| when the instructional material is
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| | the process a bit more fun rewards can be
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| presented in visual form. In this case it
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| | used when a situation is properly
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| might be worthwhile to try different
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| | addressed.
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| educational programs via a computer.
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| | Children with autism require special
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| Using a computer is a fun way to learn.
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| | education needs to address their social
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| The majority of educational programs are
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| | difficulties. It is really important to
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| highly visual. Many of the games
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| | make these activities as much fun as
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| available involve storylines, plots, and
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| | possible so the student will stay
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| realistic human behaviors. Some of the
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| | motivated. It is not easy for an autistic
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| skills autistic children can learn from
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| | child to change his or her response to
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| carefully selected video games are
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| | various situations, so it is imperative
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| language skills, reading and math skills,
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| | that the activities be non-threatening
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| and social skills. Visual learning
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| | and highly interesting. It has been
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| devices are highly effective and can be
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| | demonstrated that over time the use of
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| accompanied by various rewards to
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| | visual aids and social stories are two of
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| reinforce what is being learned. For
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| | the most effective ways to help autistic
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| instance, food and extended leisure
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| | children overcome social situations they
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| activities can be used as rewards that
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| | feel are threatening. To most of us,
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| will encourage the child to want to
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| | these situations are normal, everyday
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| learn. In addition, the use of positive
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| | occurrences, but to children with autism
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| reinforcement will help develop a bond
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| | they can sometimes be terrifying moments
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| between student and teacher, and create a
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| | that they do not have the skills to deal
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| sense of trust that will help strengthen
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| | with. These teaching methods, while
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| the learning environment.
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| | entertaining and fun, can help children
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| Social stories are another way to make
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| | adapt and manage their perceptions of
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| learning fun for children with autism.
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| | social interactions.
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