Help students handle work refusal, stay on task, and build flexible thinking with this complete S.T.A.R.T. behavior and SEL resource. This toolkit includes refusal social stories, staying on task visuals, group lessons, IEP goals, and printable activities designed to teach appropriate vs inappropriate behaviors. Perfect for social emotional learning activities autism, special education, ABA programs, and K–2 classroom behavior support.

Students learn the S.T.A.R.T. steps—Start small, Take a breath, Ask for help, Remember your goal, Try your best—simple strategies that improve task initiation, endurance, and emotional regulation across routines.

⭐ What’s Included

Digital Versions (Boom™, Slides™, Easel™, YouTube™)

• 2 refusal social stories (simple and more advanced options for the story)
• Interactive SEL scenarios and staying-on-task practice
• “Are they using good S.T.A.R.T. skills?” decision slides
  

⭐ 170-Page Printable PDF

IEP Goals + Data

• Full goal with 4 objectives
• Data sheets for initiation, endurance, completion, and generalization

Small-Group Lesson Plan

• Complete S.T.A.R.T. lesson with visuals, prompting guide, data, and home note

Social Stories

• Color, B&W, mini versions
• 4 sequencing stories for practicing appropriate vs inappropriate behaviors

Reinforcement & Visuals

• 2 token boards
• “S.T.A.R.T. Star” badges
• Staying on task visuals + Boardmaker™ icons

Preference + Academic Extensions

• “My Preferences” activity for sorting/ranking tasks, use for informal preference assessments
• Simple reading books, match/trace/write “start,” counting pages

Creative Add-Ons

• “Create your own S.T.A.R.T. Superhero!” paper doll
• Coloring pages

⭐ Perfect For

Special education, ABA, counseling, small groups, and social emotional learning activities autism.

Ideal for teaching flexible thinking, self-regulation, refusal reduction, and staying on task using clear visuals and consistent language.

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