I Need a Break Card Break Card Visuals Taking a Break Social Story Break Time

I Need a Break Social Story is perfect for setting routines and procedures for back to school. Use these break time visuals in your classroom to help students say I need a break.

This social story addresses:

• Why students may need a break
• How to ask for a break
• Break card visuals
• Reinforces that it is okay to ask for a break

The “I Need a Break” social story is editable, allowing you to tailor it to your classroom’s expectations.

There are also multiple versions (including pictures and sizes) to choose from, allowing you to select the one that best fits the learning level of your students.

See preview for a better look at the contents.

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I Need a Break Social Story Includes:

⭐ This unit comes in 2 complete files. One is in color and one is in black and white.

In the zipped folder you will find:

• Break card visuals in color
• Break card visuals in black and white
• I Need a Break PowerPoint (editable)
• Link to PowerPoint in Google Slides (editable)

Good Manners activities:

• 18 page story using photos (editable)
• 12 page student booklet using picture symbols in color and black and white
• Break card visuals (color and black and white)
  • Two picture options
  • Three sizes
• Break card templates for students who need more structure

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Teaching students appropriate behavior and responses/reactions to various situations is a challenge we face as special education teachers. This is why I believe it is so crucial to teach these skills in a safe, non-stressful environment, not while the behavior is occurring. If you target and protect instructional time to teach these social skills, you are more likely to see them transfer to naturally occurring settings. I know there never seems to be enough time to teach what you need to in a school day, but you won’t regret it if you set aside time every day to work on building better social skills in a thoughtful and structured manner. I hope that these social stories and related activities will make that task a little easier for you.