Private Body Time: A Social Story for Kids

A nine-page illustrated social story sets out one privacy rule in plain first-person language: private time belongs somewhere private, not at school or in front of others. Each of nine illustrated pages restates one plain rule in first-person language, so a young reader learns that private time belongs somewhere private and alone.

An educational teaching resource from SEN Resource Source entitled Private Body Time – Social Story for Kids downloadable at Teach Simple.

Year groups: Not year specific
File type: PDF
Preparation: Print ready

Updated Sep 24, 2021

Subject: Life Skills, Special Resources
Topic: Social Story, Social Story About Touching Yourself
Preparation: Print ready

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About this resource

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 for children who are masturbating or touching themselves in public. This story aims to be understanding and positive and not to make the child feel they like they are being reprimanded but rather to explain that although what they have been doing is okay, it is something that can be done only in private and not in front of others.

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.