Successful Social Stories for School and College Students with Autism

Successful Social Stories™ for School and College Students with Autism

Growing up with social stories

Dr. Siobhan Timmins

The new school year brings many challenges for children on the autism spectrum and their families and teachers. School is often a confusing and overwhelming experience! This collection of Social Stories brings together some of the most commonly requested Story topics for primary school and into secondary school. 

Each chapter begins with a full explanation of the perspective and interpretation of the child in a common school situation, describing what information may be missing for the child. This introduction is then followed by an example of a Social Story describing this missing information in an accessible way for the child on the autism spectrum. All the Stories have been used successfully with UK mainstream and special school children on the autism spectrum. Of course each Story will not match exactly the needs of the reader’s child, however the introduction will provide information on how an autistic child may be perceiving the situation and this alone is helpful.