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Looking After My Teeth Social Story

Looking After My Teeth Social Story preview
Looking After My Teeth Social Story preview

Look Inside · 10 pages

Social story cover titled 'Looking After My Teeth,' illustrated with a smiling mouth showing white teeth.
Cover of the dental care social story
Social story opening: 'I need to look after my teeth,' illustrated with a smiling mouth showing teeth.
Page 2: Introducing the need for dental care
Social story page explaining that neglecting teeth can cause smelly breath that other people dislike.
Page 3: Smelly breath as a consequence
Social story page explaining that neglecting teeth might cause tooth decay, shown by a tooth with a hole.
Page 4: Introducing tooth decay
Social story page linking tooth decay to a painful toothache, illustrated by a child touching his cheek.
Page 5: Connecting tooth decay and pain
Social story page stating the need to brush teeth every day, illustrated by a child brushing her teeth.
Page 6: Introducing daily toothbrushing
Social story page stating that teeth need brushing in the morning after waking and at night before bed.
Page 7: Morning and bedtime brushing
Social story brushing routine begins by wetting the toothbrush under the faucet, illustrated below the text.
Page 8: First step in the brushing routine
Social story brushing routine continues with putting toothpaste on the brush, shown in the illustration.
Page 9: Adding toothpaste to the brush
Social story brushing routine continues with brushing the front teeth, illustrated by a brush at a smile.
Page 10: Brushing the front teeth
Attributes
Subject

Special Resources, Life Skills

Grades

Not Grade Specific

Types
File

PDF

Editable
No
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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 about the importance of looking after your teeth, brushing them twice a day and visiting the dentist.

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 an 18 page PDF social story

Resource Tags

social story oral health looking after my teeth

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