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  • Meal time tips
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  • Play and engagement tipsClick to open the Play and engagement tips menu
    • Play skills and tips
    • Sensory toys
  • Communication Tips
  • How to Use Picture Cards and SchedulesClick to open the How to Use Picture Cards and Schedules menu
    • Pragmatic Language Visual Helpers
    • Sign Language Visual Helpers
    • Behaviors picture cards
    • Eloping picture cards
    • Self Care Visual Helpers
    • Food Visual Helpers
    • Bedtime Picture Cards and Schedules
    • Cooking Visual Helpers
    • Restaurant Visual Helpers
    • Dentist Visual Helpers and Tips
    • Beach Picture Cards
    • Speech Therapy Picture Cards
    • OT and Sensory Picture Cards
    • Therapeutic Horseback Riding
    • Saint Patrick's Day
    • Mardi Gras Picture Cards and Activities
    • Easter Picture Cards and Activities
    • Halloween Picture Cards and Activities
    • Thanksgiving Picture Cards and Activities
    • Christmas Picture Cards and Activities
    • Holiday Picture Cards
  • How to Use Social StoriesClick to open the How to Use Social Stories menu
    • Social Stories - Health and wellness
    • Puberty Tips and Social Stories
    • Social Stories-Behaviors
    • Social Stories - Personal Safety
    • Social Stories - Self-care and grooming
  • Travel and HolidaysClick to open the Travel and Holidays menu
    • Autism airport survival tips
    • Autism and DisneyWorld
    • Holidays
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Social Stories - Hygeine, Grooming, puberty

These social stories are designed to be enlarged on a copier and made into booklets, with one image per page.  Feel free to customize them for your own child's needs.  

  • Grooming Social Story

    Click here to download and print this PDF.


  • Hair Care Social Story

    This social story explains how to keep hair neat.

    Click here to download and print this PDF.

     

  • Getting Dressed Social Story

    Click to download the PDF.


  • I Can Take A Bath - Social Story

    Click here to download the PDF.


  • Deodorant Social Story

    Click here to download the PDF.


  • Foot Care Social Story

    Click here to download this PDF.

    foot care social story

  • I Can Take A Shower - Social Story

    Click here to download the PDF.


  • Puberty Social Story - for boys

    Click here to download the PDF.

    This social story simply explains the physical changes associated with puberty and its new hygeine and grooming requirements. 

    Please use with sensitivity.

     

  • Using Public Rest Rooms (for boys)

    This social story explains the social expectations involved in using a public restroom, including use of a stall and use of a urinal. 

    This single page is designed to be enlarged on a copier and made into a booklet. 

    These skills take practice and time to master, and patient instruction, so keep a change of clothes handy. 

    Please use this tool with sensitivity and privacy. 

    Click here to download the PDF.

  • Shaving and Hygeine Picture Cards

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Legal disclaimer: The tools and recommendations on this website are not intended to replace the information, training, and support you may receive from qualified medical and therapeutic professionals. It is the parent's responsibility to verify the accuracy of recommendations and information before implementing changes that may impact the parent's child.

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