When You Are Sick - how to accept help and recover!

Being sick can be scary for kids. It feels yucky, and it's something not all kids comprehend. In When You Are Sick - Alternative Social Story, children will learn what it means to be sick, find out other living things get sick and who fixes them as well as be introduced to new faces such as doctors and nurses and medication - every adult will be there and able to help. This story covers different parts of the body that get sick and talks about the timeline of how long it might take to get better, sometimes a day, seven days or longer. It opens up conversations with their adults to ask how long it may take. It ends with affirmations for the child as they are recovering.