Special education teachers and regular classroom teachers may find that teaching a student with autism or a communication disorder may require the use of social stories and a picture exchange communication system. A social story is a visual story using pictures and symbols to describe a situation that may occur in school or elsewhere. It is a very effective teaching tool for kids who are having difficulty learning to read, write, and/or speak.

Not every teacher is going to be able to create these social stories or storyboards from scratch. Having access to a library of pictures and symbols for creating social stories, rule charts, and visual cues will be a huge help. Teachers may be wondering where to find free pictures, symbols for social stories. The good news is that there are resources online that offer many visual resources for free.

Free Pictures for Social Stories, Free Social Stories

Creating communication boards, print-outs or computer worksheets that have pictures and symbols will greatly improve a student’s ability to understand expectations and directions and perform well in the classroom, both academically and socially. Try these sites for finding free symbols for communication boards.

Tinsnips is an online site that provides useful visual stories and information for learning basic skills and social skills. It also has free pictures for social stories that illustrate some great conversation starters for children with autism and other social disorders involving speech. Tinsnips also offers many activities, pictures, and units of study for sale.

Do2Learn is another website devoted to helping children with disabilities. There is a free area with literally hundreds of free pictures and symbols that can be used in social stories, storyboards, and handouts for kids who are more visual. Safety and behavior symbols and signs, coloring pages that show various emotions, and free picture exchange communication system cards are all available here

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