As students with disabilities approach the age at which they will graduate from school and enter adulthood, it’s natural for them to have questions about employment or seek guidance about workplace behavior.
You can start early and prepare your students for the various scenarios they may encounter and set expectations for appropriate workplace behavior using social stories. These stories can be fully customized to address the specific challenges your students may experience as they seek employment after graduation.
Creating a social story that outlines expected workplace behaviors can help students feel more confident and prepared for future employment opportunities.
Explore Social Stories on Workplace Behavior
Explore our social stories on workplace behavior. Our special education consultants and faculty have provided templates on these topics, but feel free to create your own personalized social stories to best support your students!
For students with special needs, preparing for life after graduation often begins in their early teens. Your student’s school may offer Community-Based Instruction (CBI) or Vocational Experiences to help them develop job-related skills and build independence.
Introducing social stories as preparation for their CBI and vocational outings and using them as supplemental tools will help set a foundation for appropriate workplace conduct that can build their confidence and help them succeed as future employees at their place of work!
Be sure to review the social story together several times before the outing so your student has a basic understanding of what to expect and how to handle a certain situation before they experience it! You can keep the social story handy if you need to reference it at the moment.
Consultant/Author: Andee Morris, M.Ed.
These behavior stories may benefit your students. They can be downloaded, saved and edited to suit your needs. The * notation indicates the story is formatted in a Power Point presentation and the ** notation indicates a Power Point with sound narration. Each Power Point has animation included on each slide. Some occur automatically – some occur on a “click”. Feel free to send comments or questions to [email protected].
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