Social Narratives for Clinic Visits
In children with developmental disabilities, especially autism spectrum disorders, a visit to an interdisciplinary clinic for evaluation or treatment can cause anxiety. Two Iowa LEND trainees have developed social narratives for each discipline in our clinic. These will be posted to our website so parents can read them to children before their appointment and they will also be available to read in the waiting room. The attached PowerPoint presentation introduces the concept of social narratives and provides an example of one discipline at our facility.
The Iowa LEND speech-language pathology trainees have been exposed to the use of social narratives in their graduate course curriculum before their involvement in this activity as LEND trainees. Social narratives are interventions that describe social situations in some detail by highlighting relevant cues and offering examples of appropriate responses. Following the creation of social narratives, LEND trainees must use them in the clinic with appropriate patients. The social narratives are also available on the CDD website to help parents prepare their children before visits.
http://www.uihealthcare.org/ucedd/ilend/
| Resource Topic(s): | Clinical, Interdisciplinary Training, Resources for LEND/DBP Trainees |
| Resource Target Audience(s): |
LEND/DBP Faculty or Staff, LEND/DBP Leadership, LEND/DBP Trainees |
| Resource Format(s): | Curriculum/Educational Material |
| Resource Published: | 10/30/2015 |
