Social Story Unit | We Don’t Yell | Coping Strategies & Voice Level

Social Story Unit | We Don’t Yell | Coping Strategies & Voice Level is a hands-on social skills resource for preschool, Pre-K, kindergarten, special education, autism classrooms, speech therapy, school counseling, and behavior support. This interactive unit helps students learn that yelling and screaming are not okay and teaches safer, more appropriate coping strategies for expressing anger, frustration, and strong emotions.

This printable set includes 1 interactive adapted book, 12 task cards for practice and review, 4 full-color coping strategy posters/visuals, and a reflection sheet for discussing behavior and making better choices. It works especially well in small groups, social skills lessons, calm-down areas, counseling settings, and independent workstations where students need support with self-regulation, voice control, and positive communication.

This unit works well as a small group activity and especially with social skills groups because the activities are designed to foster conversations about using coping strategies at school instead of yelling or screaming.

Sample Text:

"We want to yell when we get mad.

We want to yell when things go bad.

We want to yell when we're upset.

We want to yell, and throw a fit!

Sometimes things aren't going well.

We use our words--but we don't yell!"

After the teacher or therapist has read the book with students, students can complete the task cards and discuss them as a group.

There is also a set of "How Yelling Hurts People," and "What To Do Instead" posters/or visuals that are designed to serve as visual reinforcers.

If your students enjoy and benefit from these activities, there are many more adapted books in my collection. Please see the complete adapted book collection below.

Complete Adapted Books Collection

For more hands-on emotions activities, please see the following link:

Hands-On Emotions Activities

For more social skills activities, please see the link below:

Social Skills Activities

For more hands-on behavior activities, please see the following link:

Hands-On Behavior Activities