Library · When I Need Space
and another way to say it.
The game stops, the frustration rises, and spitting is the fastest thing the body has. Vivi turns that moment into a narrated, animated story your child stars in, with a tissue, a bin, and a way to ask for space instead.
Who it helps
For children who spit at people when they are upset, surprised, or when a game ends before they are ready. Many of them are autistic or still finding words, and spitting is a message, not an attack. Nothing in the story treats your child, or their saliva, as disgusting.
A parent is in every scene, keeping everyone safe and calm.
The game pauses
Play at home, and something stops before they wanted it to.
The feeling comes up fast
Upset, frustrated, and the mouth is ready before the words are.
A tissue and a request
Spit goes in a tissue, the tissue goes in the bin, and then "I need space", in words or with a gesture.
Everyone is safe
The parent helps, the space is given, and the game can start again.
Yours, not ours. These are the moments a story like this usually walks through. You choose what goes into your child's, and read every page before it is animated.
Questions parents ask
When things are calm, a few times a week, and again before situations where games tend to end suddenly. Not as a consequence after spitting: the story is a rehearsal, not a lecture.
Yes. The game, what sets it off, and the exact words or sign your child uses to ask for space. You read every page before it is animated and ask for changes in plain words.
Stay calm, protect the other person, and give them a replacement that works: a tissue, and a short way to ask for space. A social story where your child is the main character shows that sequence on repeat, so the replacement is ready when the feeling comes.
Your first story is free in your first 30 days. After that you buy credits: 3 for $9, 10 for $26 or 30 for $66. A story is 1 credit, and a Fully Animated story is 10 more. Your first routine, Choose-Along and plan are free, then 1 credit each. Bought credits never expire.
Your first story is free. Set up your child, start from When I Need Space, and watch it together before bed.
Vivi Kids is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Carol Gray or Team Social Stories.
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