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Being a Good Listener Social Story

Being a Good Listener Social Story preview
Being a Good Listener Social Story preview

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Cover of a social story titled Being a Good Listener, illustrated with a large ear and blue sound lines beside it
Opening page to introduce the listening topic before reading
Social story opening 'I like to talk with my friends.' with a girl and a boy in glasses chatting face to face
Sets the scene: talking with friends
Problem stated: 'Sometimes when I speak with my friends I am not a good listener' beside a red no sign over an ear
Introduces the problem before the examples
Not listening: looking around instead of at the speaker; a boy gazes up and points away while a girl stands beside him
Discuss eye contact: what is the boy doing wrong?
Poor listening example: 'Changing the subject to speak about me' shown by two girls pointing at each other as they talk
Talk about staying on the speaker's topic
Poor listening example: 'Interrupting my friend is not being a good listener,' as two girls point and talk at once
Prompt to practise waiting for a turn to speak
Turning point of the story: 'When I talk to my friends it is polite to be a good listener,' with a girl cupping her ear
Shift from unwanted to expected listening behaviour
Good listening means paying attention and hearing what people say, shown by a smiling girl holding a hand to her ear
Model attentive listening with a hand-to-ear cue
Good listening means looking at the face of the person speaking; a girl and a boy stand facing each other and smile
Practise eye contact in pairs after reading
Responding to a speaker: say 'okay' or 'that is interesting' or nod; a girl's speech bubble reads 'That's interesting!'
Role-play simple responses to a friend's talk
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Special Resources, Social Skills

Grades

Not Grade Specific

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PDF

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About This Product

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 explain to children how to be a good listener when having a conversation. It covers not interrupting or looking away and making comments and reacting.

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.

What's Included

Contains a 12 page PDF social story

Resource Tags

social story good listener listening

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