Social Stories

     Many articles we have read this week have read this week have given examples of and implementations of social stories.  Polyxo.com stated "social stories provide an individual with accurate information about those situations that he may find difficult or confusing."  This statement actually tells the reader what social stories are.  Social stories as well as digital social stories are used to help students with disabilities understand different aspects of education that they may have difficulties understanding.  Social stories must be accurate to what you are trying to convey to a the students.  For example, if you are trying to teach your students how to properly take a test, I would not use something fictional like monsters in my example because that would be incorrect and possibly cause confusion to students.
     According to Cartledge,"Teachers must learn about diverse cultures, avoid stereotyping, and talk to families to learn about values and cultural practices".  This shows the reader how important it is for teachers to consider the history of each student and that we should not assume that all students will be interested in the same thing.  For example, I cannot have a social story about eating dinner and say that you must say grace before you eat.  This is because not all families say grace before dinner, and not all families even eat dinner at the same time together.  By talking to each family about their daily life, it would be easier to create a social story that all of the students can relate to.  
     Social stories can be very beneficial to students because they can help students understand how to handle certain situations.  Digital stories can be beneficial as well because they can give students a visual depiction of how to behave in different social situations.  Social stories I feel should be done in a way that can make students better understand the social situation.  If a social story is only related to one student, then it doesn't help any other students.