Name: Biting Social Story
SKU: 614c45a83296f4214d2a2005
Price: 39.99 USD
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Product description

From the author

This illustrated social story supports conversations with children who bite others. It names anger and frustration, explains that biting can hurt, and suggests alternatives to practise with an adult.

Read and revisit the story as appropriate to the child’s support plan. The twelve-page PDF contains a cover, ten story pages and credits. It can be placed in a display book or laminated and bound. Clipart images are courtesy of Kari Bolt.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Students will identify feelings, such as anger and frustration, that can trigger the urge to bite.
Students will state that biting is never acceptable, even when feeling angry or frustrated.
Students will name at least one of three alternatives to biting: a chew toy, a quiet space, or deep breaths.

Teaching tips

Read during a calm moment and name the feelings in the story.
Practice an alternative suited to the child’s support plan.
Explain that biting can affect relationships without telling a child that friendship will inevitably end.

Skills covered

Emotional identification — naming anger and frustration as feelings that can trigger biting.
Consequence recognition — discussing how biting can hurt others and affect relationships.
Alternative-behavior selection — choosing among three named alternatives (chew toy, quiet space, deep breaths) instead of biting.

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