You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Present the social story to the person at a time when everyone is feeling calm and relaxed, using a straightforward approach, eg I have written this story for you.

Guidelines on introducing and using social stories effectively, so that they produce the benefits you intend.By seeing the different elements of a conversation presented visually, some of the more abstract aspects of social communication (such as recognising the feelings of others) are made more 'concrete' and are therefore easier to understand. By seeing the different elements of a conversation presented visually, some of the more abstract aspects of social communication (such as recognising the feelings and intentions of others) are made more 'concrete' and are therefore easier to understand. Comic strip conversations can help autistic people understand concepts that they find particularly difficult. The idea is that the child can draw something that has happened or will happen, colours can express different feelings, green = happy.

This book combines stick-figures with conversation symbols to illustrate what people say and think during conversations. You can use just paper, pencils, crayons and markers, computer word processing applications, or you could use an app.Showing what people are thinking reinforces that others have independent thoughts a concept spectrum children don t intuitively understand. Comic strip conversations are visual representations of the different levels of communication that happen in a conversation.