verb. 1  To speak or act in response, as to a question: answer, rejoin, reply, retort, return, riposte. See ask. 2  To act in return to something, as a stimulus: react. See action. 3  To present with a specified reaction: greet, meet1, react. See feelings, greeting.
Social stories are meant to help children understand social situations, expectations, social cues, new activities, and/or social rules. As the name implies, they are brief descriptive stories that provide accurate information regarding a social situation.
What is a social problem? A social problem is a condition that at least some people in a community view as being undesirable. Everyone would agree about some social problems, such as murders and DWI traffic deaths. Other social problems may be viewed as such by certain groups of people. Teenagers who play loud music in a public park obviously do not view it as a problem, but some other people may consider it an undesirable social condition.