Going out to a Restaurant 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.

A social story about what you might expect when you visit a restaurant. It covers waiting to be seated, looking at a menu, telling the waiter or waitress what you want to eat, eating politely with a knife and fork and being considerate of other diners by not shouting or running around. This is designed to ease some anxiety before going out to a restaurant to help the child know what they should expect.

2 versions of the story are included - each with different spellings of behavior/behaviour.

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.