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.
â¢ Social anxiety disorder (also known as social phobia) is âa persistent and irrational fear of situations that may involve scrutiny or judgment by others, such as parties and other social events.â6. â¢ Specific phobia involves âan intense, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger.