Social Skills for Siblings: Asking for a Turn

Siblings have unique and complex relationships. We can help them navigate these relationships by teaching them helpful social skills. This “Asking for a Turn” story provides specific procedures and visual reminders for the processes of getting someone’s attention and asking for a turn. It also provides positive choices for what to do when a sibling says, “No.”

The more children encounter helpful skills in a variety of different contexts, the more likely they are to adopt the desired skill. Better social skills equal fewer conflicts, greater cooperation and healthier sibling relationships.

Age

• 3 and up

Helps with

• Teaching siblings how to get one another’s attention and ask for a turn
• Providing positive choices for responding when a sibling says “no”
• Increasing cooperation and reducing conflict
• Improving the health of sibling relationships

Use

• Helping families teach healthy social skills to siblings

Format

• 17-page printable story

Materials

• Printed “Asking for a Turn” Social Story
• Photos of your children (optional)

Related Resources

• Social Skills for Siblings: Asking to Play
• Stop and Go Door Signs for Siblings
• Shubert and Sophie Stay Home

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