Using the Restrooms at School Social Story

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 using the bathrooms at school and the importance of privacy whilst doing so. It covers not pulling pants and underwear down until after you are in the cubicle, not watching other children go to the toilet, not looking under the doors or stalls and not trying to follow friends into their cubicle.

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.

Contains a 20 page PDF social story