## ***Social Story*** ***3a. Communicating with Students*** The teacher sets clear expectations and utilizes a variety of instructional techniques and ongoing assessment to adapt to all students’ knowledge and needs. ***InTASC Standard #8: Instructional Strategies*** The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways ***Description*** This artifact is a social story designed for students with autism spectrum disorder. A social story describes a situation, skill, or concept in terms of relevant social cues, perspectives, and common responses in a specifically defined style and format. This social story focuses on a student managing behavior when out shopping in public. It helps to maintain proper social expectations, how to self-regulate when doing something they wouldn’t want to do, and incorporates interests. ***Rationale*** This artifact demonstrates my ability to use a variety of instructional methods when working with students with exceptionalities. It highlights my skill to incorporate interests and build skills that will apply what students have learned in social situations where behaviors can be rampant and apparent. It shows that I have an understanding of how to use a variety of instructional methods to differentiate methods for students and know what works for one might not work for another. ![[Artifact3A-2-9.pdf]]