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Comic strip conversations can also offer an insight into how an autistic person perceives a situation. How to use comic strip conversations By providing information about what might happen in a particular situation, and some guidelines for behaviour, you can increase structure in a person's life and thereby reduce anxiety. Pierson, M. R., & Glaeser, B. C. (2005). Extension of research on social skills training using comic strip conversations to students without autism. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 40(3), 279–284.
Carol Gray, Consultant to Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Autism, provides support via workshops and presentations, information, referral, resources, and direct services to individuals with autism, their families, and professionals who work on their behalf. She is an internationally sought-after keynote and seminar speaker, and has completed over one thousand presentations. Gray, C. (2012). The last bedtime story that we read each night. Arlington, TX: Sensory World / Future Horizons. If your child or young person is struggling with a particular social situation or event in school, ask support staff if they could write a social story™ or comic strip conversation to help. using files and colour to identify and clarify the importance and deadlines for particular pieces of work. distributing them throughout particular environments,egobjects and areas in the classroom and at home could be labelledOver time, some autistic people will be able to use the strategies independently. Others may always need support. Carol has received many awards for her international contribution to the education and welfare of children, adolescents, and adults with autism. These include Social Thinking’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2015), Learning Spring School’s Spectrum Award (2012), the Autism Society of America’s Education Book of the Year (The New Social Story Book: Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition (2009), and the Barbara Lipinski Award (Lansing, Michigan, 2005). Think about ways to aid comprehension – would adding questions help, or replacing some text with blanks for the person to fill in? Ask school if they use any social education programmes and whether your child or young person could be included.
Comic strip conversations can help autistic peopleunderstand concepts that they find particularly difficult.People draw as they talkand use these drawings to learn about different social situations. One form of bullying is social exclusion. It can help autistic children and young people to have a ‘buddy’ during unstructured times. This could be a peer who spends lunchtime with your child or young person, either regularly or when there is a particular need. In our ‘Social Thinking’ group we have been using something called Comic Strip Conversations. A Comic Strip Conversation uses simple drawings to slow down and analyse a situation or conversation, to find out what each person was feeling, thinking, said and did. To help a young person communicate their feelings and perception of a situation (helping others to understand the experience from their point of view). If using pictures, once you choose a type or style (for example, line drawings), use it consistently. Ask family members, friends, teachers or support workers to use the same visual supports consistently.They can make communication physical and consistent, rather than fleeting and inconsistent like spoken words can be. Social stories present information in a literal, 'concrete' way, which may improve a person's understanding of a previously difficult or ambiguous situation or activity. The presentation and content can be adapted to meet different people's needs. Comic strip conversations use symbols to represent social interactions and abstract aspects of conversation, and colour to represent the emotional content of a statement or message (Gray, 1994).
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