Free Materials
This is great for children who are learning emotions.
Learning Emotions with Thomas F/05
An amazing app for easily creating, sharing and printing educational social stories, visual schedules, and beautiful memories.
Social stories are an important type of visual support often used with children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome or other special need. This social story found in this app use simple text and descriptive pictures to explain the why and how of different social skills.
Social Story Creator & Library
Here are dozens of free autism social skills teaching resources, most with free downloads. The resources vary in difficulty and can be used for children between ~ age 6 and ~ age 18.
Autism Teaching Strategies
Under $10
Social Stories are a social learning tool that supports the safe and meaningful exchange of information between parents, professionals, and people with autism of all ages.
My favorites are the following:
I can use my words
I work at school
I am not done
I need help
Sharing my feelings
It’s okay to get upset
I keep my hands to myself
Waiting patiently
Social Story by Noodle Nook - $2 each (or $28 MEGA BUNDLE of 16 Social Stories for Autism Units or Early Elem)
Kids love this game! I use the facial expressions on the characters after they are fed by the player to target feelings.
Toca Kitchen 2 - $3.99
Over $10
Social Quest uses real life situations and contextual images to present the professional, parent and student with ‘’jumping off’ points for discussing the “why” and “how” of social language usage.
The app utilizes a problem-solving quest theme in which students navigate various locations and earn “rewards” linked to social competencies.
Social Quest - $24.99
Kids love the surprise bite! We can engage a child from 2-12 using this game while targeting social skills such as turn taking (e.g., my turn/your turn), initiating conversations, commenting, etc.