A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis of the Social Stories Literature
Focus on Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities
Test, D. W., Richter, S., et al. (2011).
Focus on Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities, 26(1), 49-62.
This meta-analysis investigates the effect of the Social Stories™ intervention on a variety of student outcomes (e.g., social interaction, identifying emotional states) in students.
Findings suggested that Social Stories™ treatments were generally ineffective in producing significant behavior changes among students with disabilities. Combined levels of effect could not be calculated in 10 of the included studies, while findings from 4 studies found these treatments to be ineffective, 2 found them to be questionable, 1 found them to be effective, and 1 found them to be very effective (PND= 0% to 92.2%).
