Social Story Maker
A new situation is far less scary when a child has already walked through it. This tool turns a moment, a doctor visit, a first day, a haircut, into a short picture story, so a child knows what happens, what comes next, and what is expected of them.
Pick a situation. You get a calm, ready story that you can edit to fit your own child.
What the Social Story Maker does
Many children, especially those with autism or hyperlexia, find an unfamiliar social moment overwhelming, not because they cannot manage it, but because they cannot picture it yet. A social story answers the quiet questions in advance: what will happen, who will be there, what should I do, when will it end. The moment stops being a surprise.
The Social Story Maker gives you ready-made stories for common moments, each written in calm, first-person sentences with a picture for every page. Better still, you can shape any of them: edit every sentence, add or remove pages, and change the title, so the story fits your own child exactly. Read it together on screen or print it to revisit before the event. It stays private, nothing is ever sent anywhere. It is a gentle, well-established way to prepare a child for something new. From kindlexy.com.
How it works
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Choose the situation
Pick what is coming up, a doctor visit, a haircut, a new school, a visitor, and a ready-made story appears.
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Make it yours
Edit any sentence, add or remove pages, change the picture, and rename the title, so it fits your child.
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Read it one page at a time
Each page is one short, calm sentence with a picture, so it never overwhelms.
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Print it and revisit before the moment
Print the whole story as a booklet and read it a few times beforehand, so the real situation feels familiar instead of new.