Help elementary students learn how to navigate conflicts, communicate their needs, and solve social problems peacefully with this engaging Conflict Resolution & Problem Solving Social Story and SEL Activity Set!

This Fingerprint Friends resource combines a 27-page printable social story, an editable Google Slides version, a problem-solving board game, picture sorting cards, discussion prompts, and hands-on worksheets. Students explore expected and unexpected behaviors during conflicts while practicing ways to communicate, consider choices, and work toward solutions.

Perfect for pre-teaching social skills, introducing classroom agreements, and reinforcing problem-solving strategies, these activities offer multiple ways for students to learn and practice conflict resolution. Use them during individual counseling, small groups, classroom SEL lessons, or back-to-school activities.

📦 What's Included:

📖 27-Page Conflict Resolution & Problem Solving Social Story

• Printable 27-page social story focused on peaceful problem-solving.
• Introduces conflict resolution skills through child-friendly explanations.
• Explores expected and unexpected behaviors when navigating social problems.
• Supports discussion about communication, choices, and responding to conflicts.

✏️ Editable Google Slides Social Story

• Editable version of the problem-solving social story.
• Customize the story to fit your students' needs and learning goals.
• Use for individual instruction, classroom presentations, or small-group counseling.

🎲 Conflict Resolution Board Game

• Printable board game for reviewing peaceful problem-solving skills.
• Encourages students to discuss choices and practice applying the concepts.
• An interactive way to reinforce the social story.

🃏 28 Picture Sorting Cards

• 28 picture cards for sorting and discussing social behaviors.
• Visual examples to help students explore expected and unexpected responses.
• Can be used with the included sorting mats.

💬 16 Problem-Solving Discussion Cards

• 16 prompt cards for practicing conflict resolution.
• Opportunities to talk through social situations and consider possible responses.
• Useful for role-playing, group discussion, and reinforcing communication skills.

🔎 Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior Sorting Mats

• Sorting mats for categorizing expected and unexpected responses.
• Can be paired with the 28 picture cards.
• Encourages students to consider how different choices affect social interactions.

🌀 Worksheets, Maze & Drawing Activities

• Printable worksheets for reinforcing conflict resolution concepts.
• Maze activity to review problem-solving skills.
• Drawing worksheets for creative reflection and practice.
• Additional ways for students to demonstrate their understanding.

🖨️ Color & Black-and-White Versions

• Full-color activity options.
• Black-and-white versions for flexible printing.
• Suitable for classroom lessons, counseling sessions, and individual activities.

🎒 Quick Details: Grades K–2 | 📖 27-page social story | ✏️ Editable Google Slides | 🎲 Board game | 🃏 28 sorting cards | 💬 16 discussion cards | 🔎 Sorting mats | 🌀 Maze + worksheets | 🖨️ Color + B&W

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

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🌟 Expected Behavior Social Story & Activities Growing Bundle

• This conflict resolution resource is also included in the larger Expected Behavior Growing Bundle, which offers additional Fingerprint Friends social stories and activities for introducing and reinforcing social expectations.
• The growing bundle provides more opportunities to practice social skills through stories, games, worksheets, and hands-on learning.

🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Conflict resolution and peaceful problem-solving

✔️ Recognizing expected and unexpected behaviors

✔️ Identifying possible responses to social problems

✔️ Practicing respectful communication

✔️ Considering how choices affect others

✔️ Developing social awareness and responsible decision-making

✔️ Building self-management and interpersonal skills

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Read the 27-page social story during individual counseling or classroom SEL lessons to introduce peaceful problem-solving.
• Customize the editable Google Slides story to support specific student needs or classroom situations.
• Use the 28 picture cards and sorting mats to explore expected and unexpected responses to conflicts.
• Practice applying problem-solving skills with the printable board game.
• Use the 16 discussion cards for role-playing and talking through common peer conflicts.
• Incorporate the maze, drawing worksheets, and other printables into small-group counseling or SEL centers.
• Revisit the activities throughout the school year to reinforce classroom agreements and conflict resolution strategies.

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

Perfect for school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, child therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, kindergarten through second-grade teachers, and homeschool educators.

This resource is especially helpful for professionals teaching conflict resolution, peaceful problem-solving, communication, and expected versus unexpected behaviors.

🖨️ Format & Download:

✔️ 27-page printable conflict resolution social story.

✔️ Editable Google Slides social story.

✔️ Printable problem-solving board game.

✔️ 28 picture sorting cards.

✔️ 16 discussion prompt cards.

✔️ Expected and unexpected behavior sorting mats.

✔️ Worksheets, maze, and drawing activities.

✔️ Color and black-and-white versions.

✔️ PDF resources with access to the editable Google Slides component.

This is a digital download. Access to Google Slides is required to use the editable social story. No physical materials will be shipped.

📌 Important Notes:

This resource focuses on teaching peaceful problem-solving and helping students explore expected and unexpected responses to social conflicts.

Students can participate through discussion, pointing, sorting, drawing, role-playing, or other communication methods that work for them.

Expected and unexpected behavior discussions work best when they consider context, individual differences, communication needs, and the impact of actions on others. Students can be encouraged to advocate for themselves, express boundaries, and seek adult support when needed.

This listing includes the individual Conflict Resolution & Problem Solving Social Story and Activities resource, not the complete Expected Behavior Growing Bundle.