Social Narrative: Getting Feedback from My Boss | Work Skills

This getting feedback from my boss social narrative walks young adults through a real workplace or community moment in a calm, grown-up voice.

Why I made this: A correction from a supervisor is one of the most common reasons students struggle on a job site. Their face gets hot, they explain or argue, and a small thing gets big. This narrative slows that moment down: notice the feeling, keep a calm face, listen, ask one question, and try it the new way next shift.

What's included:

• Cover and teacher how-to page

• 6 short story sections on 3 narrative pages, each with a layout box for a photo of your own site

• Talk About It page with 7 discussion prompts

• Practice page with 4 situations: circle the calm next step and write what you would say

• My Plan page for handling feedback

• Teacher discussion key with suggested answers

How I use it: Read it before a placement review or after a small correction at the site. Use Practice to rehearse four feedback moments. Fill in My Plan with one calm phrase the student will use. Pair with Soft Skills Scenario Cards for broader workplace choice practice.

How this is different from my related products: My Soft Skills Scenario Cards cover many workplace choices in short card form. This is one full social narrative about feedback, with new situations, discussion, and practice. No Soft Skills card scenarios are reused word for word.

Part of the Social Narratives series: young adult voice, story pages with visual layout boxes you can fill with photos from your own site, discussion prompts, practice situations, a My Plan page, and a teacher key.

Also available: FREE Social Narratives Sampler | Workplace + Transition (try five short pages before you buy a full set). A Social Narratives family bundle is coming soon.

Who it is for: high school special education, transition programs for ages 18 to 21, job coaches, and work-based learning teams. Grades 9 to 12 and adult transition. Written for young adults, not preschool story voice.

What you download: one printable PDF, 10 pages, US Letter. Teacher discussion key included.

Real workplaces and routes vary. Cross out and write in the real names, places, and times from the student's site. Always follow the training and rules at the actual job or transit system.

From the author of The Transition Map (Jeremy D. Gooch), available in paperback and Kindle.

Written by Jeremy D. Gooch, a teacher with 20+ years in education. All names, businesses, and places are made up.