Social Stories and Autism Ranking:

Suppliers and Availability

Suppliers

theory, anyone can write social stories, including parents, teachers and health care professionals. In practice, it is possible to buy materials or to attend training courses on how to write the stories from a variety of suppliers in the UK, US and other countries.

Credentials

There are no formal, validated registered qualifications for people using social stories, since any individual, parent or carer can write them. However, Carol Gray recommends that you should follow 10 defining criteria when using them. According to the CarolGraySocialStories.com website, accessed on 7 March 2017,

“These criteria guide Story research, development, and implementation to ensure an overall patient and supportive quality, and a format, “voice”, content, and learning experience that is descriptive, meaningful, and physically, socially, and emotionally safe for the child, adolescent, or adult with autism.”

The current version of these criteria (“Social Stories 10.2”) is set out in the Additional Information section of this factsheet.

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Updated

17 Jun 2022

Last Review

01 Jul 2017

Next Review

01 Oct 2023