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Social Stories For Occupational Therapy Practitioners

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1.  Based on Carol Gray's framework, what is the primary purpose of a social story?
  1. To enforce social norms and ensure immediate compliance
  2. To describe a situation, skill, or concept in a patient and reassuring manner to improve social understanding
  3. To provide a rigid script that children must memorize for every social interaction
  4. To replace the need for visual supports and modeling in clinical practice
2.  Which of the following is NOT one of the typical sentence types used to maintain fidelity in a social story?
  1. Descriptive: Facts about the setting or situation
  2. Perspective: Descriptions of others' feelings or thoughts
  3. Directive: Suggestions for an appropriate response
  4. Interrogative: Questions designed to test the child's memory of the story
3.  According to the criteria for a "good fit," for which of the following scenarios would a Social Story be LEAST effective?
  1. A student who becomes anxious during transitions and needs predictability
  2. A student who struggles with social interpretation and misunderstands expectations
  3. A student who needs to learn the fine-motor mechanics of letter formation or academic math concepts
  4. A student who can recognize themselves in a story and tolerate repetition
4.  How do Social Stories support a client's "Volition" within the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO)?
  1. By physically strengthening the muscles needed for motor performance
  2. By clarifying why a task matters and increasing personal causation ("I can do this")
  3. By creating a permanent environmental "press" that forces participation
  4. By replacing the client's internal motivation with external adult prompts
5.  According to research evidence (e.g., Thompson & Johnston, 2013), how can Social Stories be most effectively utilized for handwriting goals in Occupational Therapy?
  1. To directly teach the motor planning required for diagonal strokes in the letter 'k'
  2. As a stand-alone intervention that replaces the need for motor practice
  3. To address letter formation, number writing, and visual-motor mechanics
  4. As a hybrid approach that explains expectations and supports emotional regulation while the OT provides motor-based intervention