Presenting social stories to your child

I think most parents of ASD children know how to write social stories for their child. The delivery method we almost always use to present social stories is on paper, sometimes sprinkled with relevant visuals to illustrate the scenario. On average this does the job adequately. They are easy to prepare and use but may not really be effective or appropriate for every child. Perhaps then we can learn to expand on ways to present the same support. For example, we can try recording those stories on audio tapes, which can be played for the child as he/she reads the stories along on paper. We could also try role-playing with little figures to represent the characters in the story or we could do a video-recording of the child with other children/classmates etc. and play it over and over as many times as needed for the child to internalize the story. No matter how we deliver it, the key is, in my opinion, to deliver the story a day or two ahead, maybe more, of the situation he/she is likely to face.