The .ppt file has been uploaded to google docs, you can view and download it here:
Airplane Ride Social Story
I made this for the boys before our trip, thought it might be helpful to share.
New experiences, however fun or exciting, can be really stressful for Cuddlebug and Bearhug so the goal of this was to walk through what to expect step-by-step. With flying, I knew there would be a lot of steps involved and wanted to help them transition as smoothly as possible from one area to the next as we went through the process of getting checked in, going through security, finding our gate, waiting, boarding, etc. The fewer surprises the better :).
I put the pages together in powerpoint and then printed them out with each slide taking up half a page. Then I cut the pages and stapled the edges to make little booklets. They didn't actually spend a whole lot of time looking at the booklets but having thought through all the steps helped me to be prepared to talk them through everything as we moved from one step to the next.
If anyone wants the .ppt file so you can adapt it for your own family just send me a note or leave a comment, I'd be happy to share it.
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23 comments:
Awesome! I love the way you described it for the boys. I hope they enjoyed their trip! If you ever bring them up here, I wonder how big that book will be ;)
Fantastic social story! I love the idea to use Powerpoint for it too. :)
I've heard lots about social stories, but never actually seen one. This is great! I bet others could definitely benefit from it. Good job, Mama!
Awesome job!!! Did you check things off as you went along so it wasn't quite as long and overwhelming at first glance?
This is awesome and you thought of so many extra things that I would have forgotten about if I were to make one of these! We're not planning on going anywhere anytime soon, but I saved this in case I ever need it. =)
Wow! You amaze me!
Thank you so much for posting this - and for making the file available! You've made my boys' first airplane trip that much easier.
Hi, this looks really great..would you mind emailing it to me so that i can customize it for our trip. THANK YOU.
pesty6@juno.com
I would love for you to email this to me so I can customize it.
Thanks
vze4w5rj@verizon.net
Hi. Thanks SO much for posting this story. It's exactly what we need and I am wondering if you could somehow email me a link to it so I can remove ads and increase the print/pics. Can you help us?
@unknown - your comment has the "no-reply" blogger email address so I can't send it, but there is a link at the top of the post to download. Hope this helps!
Excellent Story! Just was I was looking for...can you please send the file so we can adjust for our family? emma_hintz@hotmail.com Thanks!
This is a great social story for airplane prep for ALL kids! I really appreciate it. Some of our trip will vary and I would love to be able to edit to meet my needs in traveling with my granddaughters but I am not sure I have much time to change it around for now. I will use yours and adapt for later and offer this for parents of my clients....You are so cool to have shared this. Thank you. Susan B. Nachimson, SLP sbnslp@gmail.com
Great social story for children for flying! I sent a comment but not sure it was sent. I would appreciate a copy that I can adapt for my particulars. I will share this with colleagues and families of my clients who would benefit. This is great for ALL children not just those with special needs..Thank you so much.
Susan, SLP and grandma traveling with first time child flyers!
This is absolutely excellent. I'm studying to be an SLP and I am using a modified version of this for my client, thanks so much for posting this! Excellent thinking with putting it in a powerpoint as well... we'll be using it on the SmartBoard!
This is absolutely excellent. I'm studying to be an SLP and I am using a modified version of this for my client, thanks so much for posting this! Excellent thinking with putting it in a powerpoint as well... we'll be using it on the SmartBoard!
Love that I just googled "airplane social story" and found this! So helpful that you let us download it! I will personalize to our trip now. Thanks so much!
I loved that I just googled "Airplane social story" and found this page! Thanks so much for allowing us to download - now I can personalize it for our upcoming Disney trip! (Which I'm terrified of.)
What a great presentation! May I please have a copy of the ppt file? Thank you so much!
ericksonkj@staffordschools.net
Thank you for sharing. This will help our whole family as we take our first plane trip to Disney!
Thank you! I love you for sharing this! I've been able to download and adapt for my boy as we are heading off on a 4 hour flight tonight and anything that might help him, is wonderful. So glad I found it and tanks so much for being so generous. I'll be sharing my adapted version with a link to your original post. :)
I love it, it is so good.
So simple
Could you send me the powerpoint file
Thanks
Hi Kitty - when I tried to send I got a "noreply" blogger email address... if you want to send me your email I'll be happy to send the file, or there is a link at the top of the post where you can download it. Thanks!
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