Eating in a Restaurant
This social story teaches children the expected routine of eating at a restaurant. This resource will help your child with autism become familiar with the steps of dining out.
This social story teaches children the expected routine of eating at a restaurant. This resource will help your child with autism become familiar with the steps of dining out.
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<strong>Eat<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> a<br />
<strong>Restaurant</strong>
I am go<strong>in</strong>g to a restaurant<br />
to eat with my family.<br />
When we get <strong>in</strong>side, we might<br />
have to wait to be seated.
I can hold a favorite object or<br />
do an activity while I wait.<br />
If I need to use the bathroom, there<br />
will be one <strong>in</strong> the restaurant. I can<br />
ask my parents for help.
When it is our turn to be seated, we<br />
will follow the host to our table.<br />
I will sit down <strong>in</strong> my seat.
I will follow my restaurant rules:<br />
I will use my<br />
<strong>in</strong>side voice.<br />
I will use<br />
k<strong>in</strong>d words.<br />
I will stay at<br />
my table.
When the waitress asks me, I will<br />
tell her what I want to dr<strong>in</strong>k.<br />
What do you like to dr<strong>in</strong>k?
Next, we will look at the menu<br />
and decide what we want to eat.<br />
Some of my favorite<br />
foods may be:
After the waitress br<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
my food, I will eat.<br />
I will only touch my own<br />
food and silverware.
I may need to wait for<br />
everyone to f<strong>in</strong>ish eat<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
When we are done eat<strong>in</strong>g, the<br />
waitress will take our plates away.
I will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to follow the<br />
restaurant rules while I wait for<br />
the waitress to br<strong>in</strong>g our check.<br />
I will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to follow the<br />
restaurant rules while I wait for my<br />
parents to pay the bill.
<strong>Eat<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> a<br />
restaurant is fun!
About Guid<strong>in</strong>g Parents Services<br />
This program is designed for Mecklenburg County<br />
parents with children 0-5 who are part of the complex,<br />
sometime frighten<strong>in</strong>g world of autism. The Autism<br />
Coord<strong>in</strong>ator offers a range of services <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g; parent<br />
education, support, and referrals to early <strong>in</strong>tervention<br />
services and other community agencies, weekly parent<br />
discussion groups address<strong>in</strong>g topics of <strong>in</strong>terest, tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
to professionals <strong>in</strong> the field, and collaborations with<br />
agencies to enhance services to families.<br />
About Smart Start of Mecklenburg County<br />
Smart Start of Mecklenburg County mobilizes resources,<br />
forges partnerships, and supports families to improve<br />
early childhood health, education and development and<br />
ensure children are prepared for k<strong>in</strong>dergarten. Our four<br />
areas of focus are early care and education quality and<br />
accessibility, family support, health, and early literacy for<br />
children birth to five.
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