Social Stories

I have limited experience with Social Stories - in fact, the first I heard of them was when I started this Masters program. I've never been aware of a student of mine using Social Stories, could this be because of the age level that I teach (junior high)? Are they mostly used with younger children who are learning new social skills related to school?
I can say that there are a couple of students that I teach this year who could certainly benefit from the use of this type of teaching method. I have one student in particular who often acts out near the lockers and refuses to stand up during O Canada. He has also expressed to his teachers throughout the course of this year that he is embarrassed by his own behaviour as he is starting to recognise that his social skills are "different" from his peers. I think using a social story about how to behave during O Canada and in the hallway at his locker would help this student understand how his behaviour has an impact on those around him. At his age (13) he could even be involved with writing it.
On the "Tip Sheet: Creating Social Stories" produced by the City of Toronto: Early Childhood Services Team the authors say that social stories should be presented to kids prior to the behaviour. Does this mean that they won't work after the behaviour has become an issue? This could create issues when meeting kids for the first time - how are you to predict what social stories the child needs, and how to individualise it for them?
Here is Carol Gray, creator of social stories, describing why social stories work:

Perhaps video modelling would be more appropriate for the student I am describing? It seems to be a strategy to model appropriate behaviour to more mature students. It was interesting to me that the authors of "Video Modelling: A Visually Based Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder" suggest that using typically developing peers to help create scripts for videos. This would help make the scripts for the videos more appropriate to the child they are intended for as they will be worded in language that he/she is familiar with at his/her grade level.
There are a number of apps available to support creation of social stories and video modelling. This video shows an app designed to support video modelling and reinforcement (seems suitable for higher level grade students).

Other apps that could help support social stories and/or video modelling include:

Social Stories for iPad or iPhone $2.99









A series of apps developed by Touch Autism allow for creation of social stories and communication boards related to different themes - most run from $2.99-$3.99 for iPad and iPhone.