Putting Things in My Mouth Social Story Kit

Help children with autism and other special needs learn about safe things to put in their mouths with this easy-to-use social story kit. This resource uses simple language, clear visuals, and positive reinforcement to help children understand what is safe to eat, chew, or put in their mouths. This social story is especially helpful for children who mouth non-food items, chew on objects, or have difficulty understanding what is safe to put in their mouths. The visuals and reinforcement activities provide concrete reminders that can be used at home, school, therapy, or in the community.

Your Purchase Includes:

• Social Story – Putting Safe Things in My Mouth: A simple, child-friendly social story that teaches children how to recognize appropriate and safe things to put in their mouths.
• Celebratory/Reinforcement Story: A positive story that celebrates the child’s success in putting safe items in their mouth.
• Visuals: Easy-to-understand visuals that help children identify examples of things that are safe and appropriate to put in their mouth.
• Sticker Chart: A simple reward chart that gives children a concrete way to track their progress as they practice making safe choices.
• Printable Stickers: Fun printable stickers that can be used with the sticker chart to provide positive reinforcement and celebrate successful attempts.
• First/Then Board: A visual support that helps children understand what they need to do first before receiving an incentive.
• Incentive Pictures: Printable pictures that can be used to provide children with visual choices for rewards and incentives when they demonstrate safe mouth behaviors.
• Implementation Guide: Step-by-step directions and helpful suggestions for using the social story, celebratory story, visuals, sticker chart, stickers, First/Then board, and incentive pictures together to support learning and consistency.
• Assembly and Storage Directions: Simple directions for preparing, organizing, and storing the materials so they are easy to use repeatedly at home, school, or therapy.
• Tips to Help Keep The Child from Putting Unsafe Things in Their Mouth

Great For:

✓ Children with autism who put non-food items in their mouths

✓ Children who chew or mouth objects

✓ Promoting safe oral habits

✓ Teaching appropriate eating and chewing behaviors

✓ Parents and caregivers

✓ Special education teachers

✓ Speech-language pathologists

✓ Occupational therapists

✓ Autism professionals

✓ Home, classroom, therapy, and community settings

Why Use a Social Story?

Children with autism may need direct, concrete teaching to understand safety expectations that other children learn naturally. A social story provides simple language, repetition, and visual support to help make an unfamiliar or difficult expectation easier to understand.Use this kit before situations in which mouthing may occur and continue using the visuals and reinforcement tools to help the child practice making safe choices.

All Positively Prepared stories are written using positive language and simple illustrations/words to reduce visual clutter and increase understanding.

Social Story™ and Social Stories™ are trademarks of Carol Gray. This product is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or created by Carol Gray.