Scripting Success Social Narratives

A comprehensive workshop-style sequence where 8th-grade students learn to analyze, draft, and implement personal social narratives to manage behavioral triggers and promote self-regulation. Students move from understanding the components of a social story to creating their own portable scripts for academic and social success.

Narrative Blueprint Decoding

Students break down social narratives into their three fundamental building blocks: descriptive, perspective, and directive sentences. They practice identifying these sentence types in sample texts to understand the formula for a successful social story.

Mapping the Stress Zones

Using a stress thermometer and self-reflection, students identify their personal behavioral triggers within the school day and select a specific scenario to address through their own custom social narrative.

Drafting the Foundation

Students begin the writing process by focusing on objective environmental descriptions and understanding the perspectives of others involved in their chosen scenario, ensuring a non-judgmental foundation for their narrative.

Crafting the Action Plan

The focus shifts to action as students formulate 'I will' statements that provide positive replacement behaviors, completing the narrative arc with clear, actionable strategies for self-regulation.

The Final Cut Review

Students engage in a peer-review process to refine their narratives, ensuring the correct balance of sentence types, and then finalize their scripts into portable formats for real-world use.