Staying in My Car Seat Social Story Kit

Help children understand the importance of staying safely in their car seat with this practical Staying in My Car Seat Social Story Kit. This resource is designed for children who may try to unbuckle their seat belt, climb out of their car seat, or have difficulty remaining safely buckled during car rides. Using a simple social story, visual supports, positive reinforcement, and a sticker reward system, this kit helps children understand what is expected of them while riding in a car. The resources can be used at home, before a car ride, or as part of a consistent routine to help children feel prepared and successful.

What’s Included:

• Staying in My Car Seat Social Story A child-friendly story explaining the importance of staying in the car seat.
• I Stayed in My Car Seat Celebration Story to celebrate successful car-seat behavior.
• Visuals visual reminders that can be posted in the car or used to cue the child on specific behaviors.
• First/Then Board with incentive pictures to help the child understand what they need to do first and what they can do or earn afterward.
• Sticker Chart A simple positive reinforcement system for rewarding being safe in the car.
• Stickers Use alone or with the reward chart to reinforce safe behavior.
• Parent Tips for supporting safe car-seat behavior
• Implementation Guide with directions for using the social stories, visuals, and reinforcement system.

Great For:

✔️ Children with autism

✔️ Children who unbuckle their seat belt

✔️ Children who try to get out of their car seat

✔️ Children who have difficulty staying seated in the car

✔️ Teaching car safety skills

✔️ Reinforcing safe behavior during car rides

✔️ Parents and caregivers

How This Kit Can Help

Read the social story with the child before car rides to introduce and review the expectation of staying safely in the car seat. Use the visual supports as reminders during the car ride and the sticker chart and incentives to provide positive reinforcement for successful car-seat behavior.

This kit provides children with clear, concrete supports to help them understand what to do, why it is important, and how they can be successful while riding in the car.

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.9