3. What is a social story?

4. What does it do?

5. Who are they for?

6. Key features of a social story

7.  It is mainly made up of Descriptive sentences – facts (opinion and assumption free)  Perspective (up to 2 sentences) – thoughts/feelings/beliefs  Affirmative (the commonly shared opinion or rule)  Directive (1 or 2 sentences) – I will try to…

8. Sometimes I am ill. Sometimes being ill makes me cough. When I cough, tiny germs come out of my mouth. Germs can make other people ill too. People do not want to be ill. It is important to cover my mouth with my hand each time I cough. I will try to cover my mouth when I cough.

9. How are they used?

10. Why do they work?

11. Checklist