Social story explaining to children about riding the bus to school. It covers waiting for the bus, remaining seated while on the bus and using the belt if there is one. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Artifex

Social story to prepare young people for puberty and the changes their bodies will go through. 2 different versions included - ones for a boy and one for a girl. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art, Little Red and Rossy’s Jungle

Social story for a child who has been pulling other people’s hair. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Social story to help children to know what to expect at a visit to the doctor to ease any anxiety prior to their visit. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

This social story is designed to explain a little about what autism is to a child with ASD. It is a positive story to aid and understanding and ease any anxiety. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art and My Clipart Store

Social story about preparing a child for a the transition from reception to year 1.  The book contains spaces to fill in the name of the new teacher and other details to personalise the book to the specific child. You can either write in the details you want to add yourself or you can email me at: info@senresourcesource.co.uk and let me know the additions you want and I will do this for you. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

These behaviour prompts can be used in class to easily instruct children without words. This can helpful during whole-class teaching when you do not want to interrupt the flow of teaching and can be particularly helpful for visual learners. Included are 6 cards: Good listening Good looking Good sitting Hand up to speak Well done! Time out

A form to track progress towards reintegration halfway through time spent in a nurture group.

When children are non-verbal or have trouble communicating it can be frustrating and difficult for them. These visual aids for basic communication can help children to express their needs and can help to prevent problematic behavior that may arise as a result of communication barriers. Pack includes 12 communication cards with words and pictures: Thank you I need the toilet I feel unwell I don’t understand Yes No I do not know I am hungry I am thirsty I feel happy I feel sad I feel angry Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator:

Questionnaires for parent and child following the child’s experience in nurture group

Social stories use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation however social stories can also be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event. This social story is to support children who struggle to ask their teachers for help when they do not understand the work. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt.

These planning sheets contain a basis for planning in a nurture group.  They show afternoon planning assuming that mornings will be for core subjects.  There are links back to boxall targets and activity suggestions from beyond the boxall profile.  There are also independent activities that link back to this.

Now and next boards are a visual strategy that can be used to reduce anxiety by preparing children for what activities and lessons are coming up next. Many children can become anxious if they do not know their routine or what is coming next, a visual timetable can alleviate anxiety and make children feel calmer and more in control. They can also be used as a reward strategy and incentive to complete work by putting their current work task in the ‘Now’ box and a reward in the ‘Next’ box. This pack has a chart with two boxes for ‘Now’ and ‘Next’ and 72 visual timetable cards with lessons and activities as well as 22 reward cards. Clipart Images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

10 Worksheets in which children can practice tracing over and writing numbers 1-10. There are also activities to count and draw the correct number of objects. One worksheet for each number from 1-10 Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

5 Worksheets in which children need to read a simple sentence containing CVC words and then draw a corresponding picture when they have read and understood the sentence. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

5 Worksheets in which children need to look at a picture and then fill in the missing short vowel sound from the middle of a CVC word. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator

8 Worksheets in which children can practice tracing over and writing numbers 1-10. There are also activities to count and draw the correct number of objects and math numbers to counting fingers. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator and Arty Clips Graphics

Social story to encourage children to eat their food more slowly, it explains reasons that it may not be good to eat too quickly and gives some things to try to help them slow down. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Social story to explain to children how to use good table manners when eating at mealtimes. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Classroom display showing circle time rules Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art