Poop Social Story

State that bowel movements belong only in the toilet.

Identify hand-washing as the required response if contact with stool occurs.

Name play dough as an acceptable substitute activity for the soft, squishy sensory interest the story addresses.

Read the story repeatedly and in the same order each time, since social stories are designed for consistent, repeated use rather than a single reading.

Have play dough on hand right after reading, since the story itself names it as the substitute activity for the sensory interest it addresses.

Walk through the story's own sequence — contact, germs, wash hands — as the response routine whenever the situation actually occurs.

Toileting-boundary recognition — the child hears, through first-person statements, that bowel movements are directed only to the toilet.

Hygiene response sequencing — the story walks through washing hands immediately if accidental contact with stool occurs.

Sensory substitution — the story offers play dough as an alternative object that meets the same soft/squishy sensory interest without the hygiene risk.