CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Social Stories™ are a type of social narrative developed by Carol Gray that describes social situations by using sentences that describe and direct the learner.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are six different types of Social Narratives. They include: Social Stories ™, Social Articles ™, Cartooning, Comic Strip Conversations ™, Power Cards, and Social Autopsies. Social Stories ™ are the most well-known and frequently used social narrative.

Detailed explanation-3: -Types of Social Stories They can be used to: Explain how others might feel or react in a certain situation (including the student) Help a student cope with change in routine or unexpected events (like a fire drill) Assist with expected or unexpected behaviors (what to do when you are finished with an assignment)

Detailed explanation-4: -There are four basic sentence types: descriptive, perspective, affirmative, and directive. Each has a specific role. Each sentence type is used in a Social Story according to a specified frequency, called the Social Story Ratio.

Detailed explanation-5: -In her guidelines for Social StoriesTM, Gray (1995) outlines four types of sentences: descriptive, perspective, directive, and affirmative sentences.