Social Story for a Dentist Visit (Autism-Friendly)

The Quiet SeriesMy Dentist Visitfor your childGently Told

The story

What your child hears.

Built around your child's specific worry, with their real helper there and their own calming strategy practised in the storyFactual, ordered description of each step of the visitSensations and sounds named honestly, never minimisedGentle suggestions, never commandsLiteral language throughoutReassurance and acceptance

Night one

Want the story for night one?

A My Dentist Visit story with your child's name in it, ready in about two minutes. You read every word before they hear it.

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Afterwards

After the story.

The conversation afterwards is where a lot of the good happens. Some openers:

“What happens first at the dentist?”
“What does the big chair do?”
“What can you try if it feels like a lot?”

Try this together: Play dentist at home: count each other's teeth with a clean spoon, taking turns

Social narrative

The research behind this approach.

Stories for neurodivergent children, grounded in social narrative research, narrative therapy, and sensory-aware storytelling.

Gray, C. (2015). The New Social Story Book (15th Anniversary Edition). Future Horizons.
White, M. & Epston, D. (1990). Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends. Norton.
Dunn, W. (2007). Living Sensationally: Understanding Your Senses. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

All the research

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What your child hears.

Want the story for night one?

After the story.

The research behind this approach.

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What your child hears.

Want the story for night one?

After the story.

The research behind this approach.

Guides nearby.