I Need to Wear a Bra Social Story
- Grades
- Not Grade Specific
- Pages
- 19
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN), Health
- Topic
- Wearing a bra, Puberty support
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
Product description
From the author
This illustrated first-person social story introduces choosing and wearing a bra, including body changes, a shopping visit, fit and asking a trusted adult questions.
Use the 19-page PDF for an individual conversation and relate the sequence to the young person’s own preferences and plans. Revisit the pages about comfort and speaking up when help is needed.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Recognise growing and breast development as an expected part of growing up rather than a change to worry about
Give the two reasons the story offers for wearing a bra: support and comfort, and covering a private part of the body
Describe what happens on a first bra-buying trip — a trusted adult comes along and a shop assistant measures for size
Teaching tips
- Read in short sections and invite questions.
- Relate the shopping sequence to the young person’s actual plan and preferences.
- Return to the prompts about comfort and asking for help.
Skills covered
Understanding body change — the story names growing, breasts growing and looking different while remaining the same person, all in the reader's own voice.
Understanding privacy — one page states that a bra covers breasts because they are a private part of the body, and another that the bra is always underneath clothes.
Managing a new sensation — one page acknowledges that wearing a bra may feel strange at first and introduces becoming familiar with that new sensation.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
How can I use the story before a shopping visit?
Read the sequence together and discuss what is planned, who will accompany the young person and what questions they would like to ask.
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Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
Social story
Growing up
Personal care
Body privacy
Self-advocacy
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