TASN Autism and Tertiary Behavior Supports (ATBS)

Definition:  Using narratives that describe social situations by highlighting relevant cues and offering examples of appropriate responses (Wong, 2013). This practice may include:

• Cartooning
• Comic-strip conversations
• Power cards
• Social autopsy
• Scripts/social scripting
• Social Stories (Wragge, 2011)

Resources:

• Applying the Research:  Teaching Students with ASD to Use Scripts Effectively
• The Cartoon and Script Curriculum for Teaching Social Behavior and Communication:  Using Visual Strategies to Support Behavioral Programming for Individuals with ASD
• Scripted Stories for Social Situations
• Scripting AFIRM Module
• Social Narratives (Autism Internet Modules)
• Social Stories 10.4 with Carol Gray (TASN webinar)

References:

Wragge, A. (2011). Social narratives: Online training module (Columbus, OH: OCALI). In Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI), Autism Internet Modules, www.autisminternetmodules.org. Columbus, OH: OCALI.

Wong, C. (2013). Social narratives (SN) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.