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The purpose of this structured practice book is to provide material that will give students repetitious practice in comprehending a short social story that is read to them (auditory processing) while they are looking at a picture (visual stimulation) and in answering questions that require them to be more aware of subtle clues in both the social story and the pictured social situation. The goal of the structured practice lessons is to help the students make a better connection to social situations by developing more awareness of what is happening and why.
Each picture shows only one scene in the social story and the story involves at least one person who is not seen in the picture. The only way to comprehend the story is to listen and fully understand what is presented auditorily. The picture provides visual reinforcement for students who learn better with strong visual stimulation (visual learners). The questions are designed to help the students observe more subtle information and provide repetitious practice for students who tend to have difficulty grasping information that is not obvious (concrete information learners).
The repetitious style of the practice material in these skill areas should help the students become more aware of the importance of visually observing every clue that is present in social situations and matching that information to what they are hearing and what they already know.
The skill areas are listening, observing, connecting and responding. A certain level of mastery is required in all four of these skills in order to be successful in social interaction and to successfully use appropriate social language. The long term goal is to improve in all of these social-skill areas. The technique is to blend auditory and visual input and to point out subtle information through repetitious questions, making the students more aware of the importance of looking at every visual clue and matching the clues to what is already known and what has been heard. The past tense is used in stories to help the students learn to recall information rather than describe what is presently taking place.
The lessons are simple and basic, which make a good starting point for developing a technique to better connect social situations and social language.
