Carol Gray: Social Stories 10.4 webinar series

Social Stories^TM are a very popular evidence-based instructional strategy used worldwide with people with a diagnosis of autism as well as other social communication disorders. They are a wonderful "go to" intervention for an infinite variety of purposes. Unfortunately, they are frequently misused and misunderstood - resulting in stories...but definitely not Social Stories. Using lecture, discussion, demonstration, and a series of very short practice activities and exercises, participants will learn how to develop a Social Story (or Social Article for adults) according to the newly revised, reorganized, and improved Social Stories 10.4 Criteria. Easier to translate, simpler to learn, with more time for practice than ever before! The time will fly by! Participants will finish the course understanding and knowing how to develop genuine Social Stories with a certificate to prove it!. 

Here's what's new in Social Stories 10.4:

• Clearer Criterion titles, vocabulary, and replacement of the workbook with a few key documents to improve the ease of translation into other languages. 
• Improved organization  that involves participants in the process of researching and developing Social Stories early in the webinar. 
• New case examples, in addition to those that are considered classics. 
• A re-designed, re-written, and "rebooted" 5^th Criterion.
• Updates to the Social Story Formular and Story Rating (8^th Criterion). 
• More time to complete activities and write Stories! 

Target Audience 

This webinar is for parents and professionals interested in learning how to write **Social Stories right! The first Social Stories were developed for school-age and adolescent students with a diagnosis of autism. Today, Social Stories and Social Articles are used in the care, education, and support of people of all ages with a wide range of intellectual and social-communication disabilities. Participants who attend all of the live sessions in their entirety receive a Social Stories 10.4 Certificate of Completion. 

Learning Objectives 

At the conclusion of this workshop, each participant will be able to:

1. Define the term Social Story
2. Describe Social Humility, the Social Story philosophy
3. List the current Social Stories 10.4 Criteria
4. Explain the difference between a Social Story and a story
5. List the five most frequent Social Story errors and how to avoid them
6. Summarise five case examples of Social Stories that teach concepts and skills
7. Explain how Social Stories improve parent and professional responses to children, adolescents, or adults in their care
8. Research, write and illustrate a genuine Social Story for an infant, toddler, or child, or a Social Article for an adolescent or adult. 

Carol Gray 

Carol Gray began her career as a teacher with four children diagnosed with autism at Jenison Public Schools, in Jenison, Michigan. Currently, she works as a consultant providing support via presentations, information, referral, and direct services for autistic individuals, their families, and the professionals who work on their behalf. Carol is best known for the development of Social Stories, a well respected evidence-based practice. She is an internationally sought-after keynote and seminar speaker, completing over 1,300 presentations. Carol serves on many advisory boards, including the Advisory Board on Disabilities for Delta Air Lines. 

Carol is the founder of a very effective social philosophy that 1) "abandons all assumptions", 2) regards both the typical and autism perspective as equally valid, and 3) recognizes the "social impairment in autism" as shared (noting the well-intentioned but nonetheless misguided mistakes of parents and professionals). She has completed ground-breaking work on some of the toughest topics in autism by reviewing the research, outlining new theories, and developing practical instructional strategies, most notably Gray's Guide to Bullying (2004) and Gray's Guide to Loss, Learning, and Students with ASD (2003). 

Carol has received many awards for her work, including Social Thinking's Lifetime Achievement Award (San Francisco, 2015); Learning Spring School's Spectrum Award for her global efforts to improve the lives of people with autism (New York City, 2012), the Autism Society of America Education Book of the Year, The New Social Story Book: Revised and Expanded 10^th Anniversary Edition (2009), and the Barbara Lipinski Award (Lansing, Michigan, 2005) for her international contribution to the education and welfare of people with a diagnosis of autism. 

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