I made this for the boys before our trip, thought it might be helpful to share.
New experiences, however fun or exciting, can be really stressful for Cuddlebug and Bearhug so the goal of this was to walk through what to expect step-by-step. With flying, I knew there would be a lot of steps involved and wanted to help them transition as smoothly as possible from one area to the next as we went through the process of getting checked in, going through security, finding our gate, waiting, boarding, etc. The fewer surprises the better :).
I put the pages together in powerpoint and then printed them out with each slide taking up half a page. Then I cut the pages and stapled the edges to make little booklets. They didn't actually spend a whole lot of time looking at the booklets but having thought through all the steps helped me to be prepared to talk them through everything as we moved from one step to the next.
If anyone wants the .ppt file so you can adapt it for your own family just send me a note or leave a comment, I'd be happy to share it.
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This is great.
This is a good, easy way to communicate with Autism Spectrum kids. Good job!
This is fantastic! Well done
The pictures look like the inside of the Atlanta International Airport.
this is not really on-topic but the grandma looks quite young!
Well done! I think this is a perfect way to explain how a plane trip will go... Hopefully, even though the little ones only looked at the booklets for a moment, they were able to grasp some of the more important stuff. I was surprised, though, that there was no mention of possible turbulence -- that would be something I'd add in, just so the little darlings wouldn't get concerned when the plane got a-bumping. :)
This is one of the coolest things i've ever read. You're brilliant!
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, can you send me the ppt. file? This is great, I would just like to customize it for our trip to disney.Thanks
Hi can you please send this ppt file to me? Thanks!!!!
can you send a copy to jswhiteneck@gmail.com
thank you! this will help a student of mine
Can you please send me the ppt file? We have a trip coming up in a few days and this is brilliant! halolivier@yahoo.com
Can you please send me the ppt file? We have an international trip coming up in a few days and this could be very helpful. my email address is: mssharonlu@gmail.com.
Thank you very much!
May I please have a copy of the file? Thank you SO much for making this!
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Is there any way you could email me a copy of the file? Thanks so much.
This is fantastic! Could you send me a copy at melissakvega@hotmail.com? We are about to do an international flight and this would be very helpful!
What a great social story!! I was looking for images to make one myself for my daughter, but you've already done the groundwork. Thank you!! Could you please send the ppt to me? My email address is jimedg62@msn.com. Thanks again!
This is great!! I would love a copy - could I please have a copy also? cmanderson@kc.rr.com
My apologies as I missed several of these comments. The .ppt file has been uploaded to google docs if anyone is interested, it can be viewed / downloaded from this link:
Airplane Ride Social Story
Thanks so much for this. I'm taking my 7-year-old autistic daughter on a plane for the first time in a couple of months. Procedures are a little different at the airports we'll go through (we're in Europe), but this gives me a great basis from which to begin constructing a social story for my daughter.
Oh wow! This is absolutely awesome!!
Could you please email me a copy?
We are attempting to travel 14 hours over to America later this year with our 3 aspies....
ThanksFiona :)
Could you please email me a copy so that I can modify it for my family!! You did a wonderful job on this social story!!!
This is perfect! Can you please send this to me? That is exactly what I am looking for and would take me a very long time to do.
I need it ASAP because we are leaving on Friday.
Thanks!
Marla
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Please send a copy to Louisnmariosmom@sbcglobal.net
This is a great tool to use with several of my students.
Thank you!
This is awesome!!! Will you please send my a copy to adapt to our travel schedule? We are flying next week (Tuesday) and I have been trying to make my own, without success. Your story is PERFECT!!! My email is luvpsufootball@yahoo.com
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!