Social Stories

     The idea of using Digital stories to help students with disabilities work on specific skills that are of high priorities is an amazing idea. There are many benefits of implementing Digital stories into students with disabilities daily schedules. One of the most important benefits that Cori More article highlights is that social stories can meet the diverse needs of learners by combining visual cues with verbal cues as cited from (Barry &Burlew 2004). This is essential because students with disabilities needs various ways of learning. They need to be provided with information as well as with the use of demonstration in order to obtain and retain what they are learning. Digital stories addresses all types of learners from visual, to auditory, and to those who learn by observing. Using digital stories creates a unique, fun, and meaningful learning experience for students with disabilities because the information is directly related to their own experience. Having Digital stories allows students time to practice skills that are not only needed in school, but at home or in other places where the student with disability attends. 

     In creating my own Digital story I had a great time doing it. I thought it was very simple and can be very beneficial in my joinery in becoming an educator. I learned something that many educators may overlook when designing a Digital story, which is allowing the child with disability along with peers to assist in the process. This helps promote independence and generalization of skill with the student who has the disability. In the article "Digital Stories Targeting Social Skills for Children with Disabilities: Multidimensional Learning"  Cori states that "it is important to help children with disabilities begin to take ownership of learning as early as possible to avoid learned helplessness" (More 2008). This supports my reasons as to why Digital stories should be used in educational institutions. 

     My Digital story I created is titled "Walking Through the Hallways". This helps students with any type of disability learn appropriate behavior strategies for walking in the hallways. I picked this topic because I thought it was essential for student with disabilities, to learn age appropriate behavioral strategies while in the hallways. Also it's very important to keep them safe as they might be in schools that is mixed with students with and without disabilities from all different grades. 
Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcdgtOOQSrs