Summative Evaluation
Task
For your final part of the project you will design a social story all on your own based on the scenario given below. There is a rubric to help yourself evaluate if you are correctly developing a social story that has the key components defined below:
- a goal(behavior you are trying to mediate)
- correctly written sentence types
- identification of gathering information
- effective usage of expected versus unexpected behavior
- identification of zone colors and language
Scenario
“Jimmy is a 7 year old student with a diagnosis of Asperger's in an inclusion class. Recently ,Jimmy has had difficulty in group lessons. He sits with the other students for a little while but after about 10 or so minutes he begins to fidget with his feet. It begins slow enough but soon he starts to stomp rapidly and loudly. He ignores the teacher’s quiet verbal redirection.The other students see this behavior and often tell him to stop. He begins to shout at them often times and is sent to his desk space to calm himself down. He often cries when given this punishment. He states he doesn’t understand why everyone yells at him.”
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Now is your chance to intervene and help Jimmy with a social story. Go back through the course as need be to identify his troubling behavior. Think about the functions of his behavior. You may utilize outside sites as need be to help you find a solution if necessary. You may use any media you see fit to build your social story. Powerpoint slides, Google Drawings and word processor documents are all viable options. Remember to make sure you story has a meaningful goal in mind, uses effective sentence types, defines Jimmy’s unexpected behavior, utilizes Zone of Regulation language to assist in perspective taking , offers a solution to his problem in terms of an expected behavior. Use the Rubric Below to assist you in making the most effective story possible.
