Social Story for Haircuts (Sensory-Friendly)

The Quiet SeriesMy Haircutfor your childGently Told

The story

What your child hears.

Built around your child's hardest part, in the place their haircuts actually happen, with their own way throughFactual, ordered description of each stepSensory moments named honestly, never minimisedGentle suggestions, never commandsLiteral language throughoutReassurance and acceptance

Night one

Want the story for night one?

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

Create a My Haircut storyFirst story free · No card needed

Afterwards

After the story.

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

“What happens first at a haircut?”
“Does cutting hair hurt? Why not?”
“What can you try when it feels like a lot?”

Try this together: Play hairdresser with a doll or teddy: cape, spray bottle of water, and pretend snips, 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.