Mobile App Monday - Calm Counter Social Story & Anger Management Tool

Looking for an app that can help individuals on the spectrum calm down? Calm Counter offers not only a social story about anger management but also a countdown from 10 with both voice and visual cues when you need a break.

To learn more about this app, please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id470369893

Mobile App Monday - Swaha

Swaha is a great app for creating social stories using your own voice to narrate! Simply take pictures, then in the app, narrate each one and swipe to the next. Young kids can use it, people with autism spectrum disorders, brain injuries or dementia can use it or anyone who might need a little help remembering how to do something.

For more information about this app, please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id926110666

Mobile App Monday - Kid in Story Book Maker

Looking for an app that lets you use your own photos to create social stories? Kid in Story Book Maker has 20 story templates that you can drop your child's photo into or build your own stories. Use your own voice or your child's to customize it further. You can even share it with others by using email, pdf, or Dropbox.

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id594403164

Mobile App Monday - Toca Life: Vacation

"With four locations to explore in Toca Life: Vacation, you’ll never run out of ideas for your stories. Want to start your adventure at the airport? Have fun with the X-ray machine, board the plane and visit the cockpit. Then get a snack and enjoy your flight! At your destination, you have many choices for activities: shopping and sightseeing on the boardwalk, playing at the beach and surfing in the ocean and exploring the hotel." -iTunes

Want to learn more about this app? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1114886979

Social Narratives: A Story Intervention for Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

"Drawing on the latest autism theory and findings from research, the author provides step-by- step guidelines for writing and using Social Narratives at home or in the classroom. She describes clearly the key components of the approach, including incorporating the interests of the child, using literal and positive language and including visuals and comprehension questions to support learning. 27 sample Social Narratives are also included, to provide inspiration and useful examples of how Social Narratives can be used in practice." -publisher

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 15th Anniversary Edition

This revised and expanded edition of The New Social Story Book "offers ready-to-use stories that parents and educators have depended on for years, and new sections added are: How to most effectively use and apply the stories; How to improve the lives of younger children; and Social Stories for teens and adults with autism. Developed through years of experience, these strategically written stories explain social situations in ways children and adults with autism understand, while teaching social skills needed for them to be successful at home, school, work, and in the community." -publisher

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - Toca Life: School

"Teach a class, pick a locker and have a food fight in the cafeteria! With five locations and 34 characters, you can create your very own school adventures. Toca Life: School has five unique locations for telling stories about life at school. Head out to the playground and coach a basketball team, conduct a science experiment in the classroom and jam with your band in the youth club! All characters, and anything they are holding, can easily be moved between locations." -iTunes

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1043579926

Mobile App Monday - i Get Christmas

"i Get .. Christmas is an application providing a photo social skill story for individuals that need support in understanding the process of Christmas. Thirty pages with real picture images are used to illustrate the sequence of events. Each page can be individualized for the user by adding personal photos taking pictures with an Apple camera ready device, add text and audio. Typically developing young children participating in Christmas for the first time and individuals with developmental delays, such as PDD-NOS, autism and down syndrome will benefit from this interactive application." -iTunes

Want to learn more about this app? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id489606084

Writing and Using Social Narratives in All Environments

Do you need to create a social story? Wondering how to even begin? Staff at the Indiana Resource Center for Autism have published an article to help you out. You will find answers to questions such as:

• How do you create a social narrative?
• What should you write?
• How can I be creative with my social narratives? and
• Where can I go to learn more?

To read the entire article, please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/pages/writing-and-using-social-narratives

Social stories website

Carol Gray, author of many books about writing social stories, has created a website that offers support for those who are touched by autism. Gray describes the site as "A social learning tool that supports the safe and meaningful exchange of information between parents, professionals, and people with autism of all ages."

Learn more about it at:
http://carolgraysocialstories.com/

Make your own picture stories for kids with ASD

Make your own picture stories for kids with ASD (autism spectrum disorder): A DIY guide for parents and carers "will give parents and carers the tools and confidence they need to create individualised picture stories to help their child with ASD cope with social situations, difficult emotions, transitions and other challenging situations." -publisher

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - Story Patch

Looking for an app that will let kids build stories in fun and creative ways? Story Patch has over 800 illustrations and includes customizable characters to help your child make the story look exactly the way it should.

Want to learn more about this app? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id388613157

Mobile App Monday - Storybook Maker

Storybook Maker is an app for children to express their creativity and explore social skills. With it, you can make a book or create social stories to help kids on the spectrum with social situations. Build:

• Short Stories
• Picture Books
• Photo Collages
• Scrapbooks 
• Vacation Albums 

and more! For more information about this app, please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id593996170

The incredible flexible you: A social thinking curriculum for the preschool and early elementary years

The Incredible Flexible You is a dynamic, developmental, Social Thinking and social emotional learning curriculum for children ages 4-7. It combines colorful storybooks, detailed lesson guides, parent involvement, and a music CD to teach children with and without social challenges to improve their social-emotional problem solving skills, allowing them to become better social thinkers.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - Storehouse - Visual Storytelling

Looking for an app that you can create social stories with? Storehouse lets you tell stories with your photos and videos.

• Combine photos, videos, and text into one beautiful story.
• Share stories with your Storehouse friends and followers
• Embed stories on your blog or share them to other social
     networks.
• Explore stories created by your friends and our diverse
     community of storytellers from all around the world.
• Comment, Like, or Republish your favorite stories.

Want to know more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storehouse-visual-storytelling/id791297521?mt=8

Let's play social story

Looking for a book to help teach social play? Let's play social story can be read often to your child to help with behavior during playtime. The repetitive visuals along with reading to your child will help reinforce the concepts. The book also features "Word Fun" where you can practice saying words and talk about their meaning to help build relevant speech. -from the book description

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - Puppet Pals HD Director's Pass

Looking for an app to help with social stories or video modeling? Puppet Pals HD Director's Pass might be just what you need. With the ability to create an actor from a photo and record their movements and voice, kids and adults alike will be able to create their own cartoons (or social stories).

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppet-pals-hd-directors-pass/id462134755?mt=8

Mobile App Monday - i Get...Going to the Hospital

i Get… Going to the Hospital is an application providing a photo story for individuals that need help understanding the process of being admitted to the hospital. In addition photo books about child life services as well as objects and staff members relative to the hospital are included. Health care professionals and parents can add personal photos, text and audio to all the books included or create custom books at your facility to help prepare children for hospital services/procedures. -iTunes

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-get...-going-to-hospital/id688620138?mt=8

Mobile App Monday - Little Story Maker

Create your own story with Little Story Maker. It's as simple as a click! Click to add a new story, give the story a name, add photos, text and record. Voila! Your first story is ready to be shared. Create an unlimited number of personal stories.

Want to know more about this app? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little-story-maker/id508287659?mt=8

Mobile App Monday - Pixie

Pixie is the award winning authoring tool students can use to share ideas, imagination, and understanding through a combination of text, original artwork, voice narration, and images. Students can use Pixie’s paint tools, text options, clip art, and voice recording to develop storybooks, curriculum projects, videos, and so much more.

Want to learn more about it? Please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pixie-by-tech4learning/id609012680?mt=8