I Don't Always Get My Own Way – Social Story
- Grades
- Not Grade Specific
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN), Social Skills
- Topic
- Coping skills, Flexibility
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
Product description
From the author
This illustrated first-person social story discusses disappointment and four possible calming choices: another activity, a quiet place, deep breathing and telling an adult. The PDF has a cover, 16 story pages and a credits page. Read it with children during a calm moment and adapt the discussion to their communication and support needs.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students will identify feelings, such as anger, sadness, and frustration, that can follow not getting their own way.
Students will identify a response they can practise with adult support when they cannot change another person’s decision.
Students will name at least one of four coping strategies: doing something different, going somewhere quiet, taking deep breaths, or telling an adult.
Teaching tips
Read during a calm moment, model one coping option and practise asking for support.
Discuss the control statement on page 6 as choices children can practise with help; feelings do not have to disappear immediately.
The story says adult refusals have a good reason. Invite children to ask questions and tell a trusted adult if a situation feels unsafe or unfair.
Skills covered
Emotional identification — naming feelings such as anger, sadness, and frustration that follow not getting one's way.
Locus-of-control reasoning — distinguishing what a child can and cannot control in a disappointing situation.
Coping-strategy selection — choosing among four named strategies (a different activity, a quiet space, deep breaths, telling an adult) to self-regulate.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
What specific strategies does the story suggest for calming down?
Four: trying a different activity, going somewhere quiet, taking deep breaths, or telling an adult how you're feeling.
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
Self-regulation
Coping strategies
Locus of control
Social-emotional learning
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