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Asking for Help Social Story PDF

Illustrated first-person social story about asking for help at school, moving from noticing that work feels hard to asking a friend and then asking the teacher.
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Not Grade Specific
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Updated Oct 19, 2026

Subject
Special Resources, Social Skills
Topic
social story, asking for help
Preparation
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What's inside this resource

Social stories use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation however social stories can also be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event.

This social story is to support children who struggle to ask their teachers for help when they do not understand the work.

These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them.

Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recognize when schoolwork is hard enough to need help
  • Identify a friend or teacher as someone to ask for help

Skills covered

  • Self-advocacy — following the story's steps from noticing difficulty to asking the teacher

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Asking for help
  • Self-advocacy
  • Social skills

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