Youth Mental Health & Social Success Series: The Social Stories Approach
February 15, 2024 4:45PM - 7:15PM 4:45 - 7:15 PM EST.
Online via Zoom
Contact: Liz Williams- josaitis@msu.edu
The Social Stories Approach
Social Stories™ are a popular evidence-based strategy used worldwide to support autistic people and others with social communication differences. Grounded in the idea of Social Humility, they are a powerful tool to share information about an otherwise confounding aspect of the social world—in a safe, supportive, respectful, and positive way. This workshop will share the Social Stories definition and approach to help families and professionals working on behalf of autistic children, adolescents, and adults. Using several examples, participants will explore the principles of Social Stories to help them apply the approach to provide respectful and safe social support the autistic people in their lives.
*Note that this is not a formal Social Stories training; such Social Story certification trainings require a minimum of 6 hours.
Learning Objectives
- Define Social Stories and its underlying philosophy, Social Humility
- Describe the importance of Social Stories approach of providing safe, respectful, accurate, and positive support.
- Identify cases for applying the Social Stories approach to support with social needs.
- Explain how the Social Stories approach improve parent and professional responses to the children or adults in their care.
Presenters: Aaron Lanou
Lived experiences panel: Anna Bina (Autism Services Specialist), Megan Chrisler (Special Education Teacher), Amanda Coorough (Parent of Neurodivergent Youth)
The Great Lakes ROTA-RC is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide training and technical assistance (TA) to the rural communities of Health and Human Services Region 5: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Collaboratively, we develop and strengthen community capacity to prevent, treat, and support recovery for opioid use disorder and other mental health and substance use disorders, using a whole family/whole community approach to provide culturally appropriate educational opportunities. For more information, please visit the Michigan Substance Use Prevention Education and Recovery (MiSUPER) website.
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