"The prevalence of autism was 1:10,000 twenty years ago. Today, according to the newest data (Autism Speaks), it is 1:59. This information obligates the community to respond by taking into account several perspectives and meeting the needs of autistic children in school. Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental state that affects all spheres of personality and is reflected in the problems of communication, social interaction and the perceptions of the world around them. Social stories proved to be an extremely effective tool for improving all aspects of social communication and interaction with people with autism.Social stories are brief descriptions of events or activities that contain clear information about what can be expected of some situation and why. They provide people with autism with an idea of how others can react in practical situations and the frameworks of adequate behavior for themselves and others.Our school has years of experience working with children with autism spectrum. Applying different methods and ways of work, experts in defectology from our school have discovered that the key to working with autistic children is developing strategies for social communication and behavior modification. That is also a precondition for their successful integration into the system of full-time education. For this purpose, social stories are used.The biggest problem in developing and applying Social stories is the lack of training for teachers in regular schools and absence of Social stories in our language or any other language of our region. In order to form a unique tool base which will be available in three languages we have connected with leading institutions and eminent experts who have great experience working with children as well as in European projects. Therefore, the project aims to build, strengthen and create the skills of teachers working with children with autism spectrum. The specific goals are:• Make Practicum with social stories for teachers• Train teachers to use the Practicum with social stories• Train teachers to create individual social stories to overcome confusing and stressful situations in children with autismPracticum will enable teachers to facilitate children with autism learning and functioning in inclusive education and by directing parents to the appropriate use of social stories will make children adapt to a wider social community.I-OK includes 4 partners from 3 different countries:Primary school ""Anton Skala"" - Belgrade, Serbia - coordinator,Alliance of Association of Serbia for assistance to people with autism – Serbia, Center for Autism–Croatia, CSOP - BulgariaThe project will begin with research. Focus group surveys in participating countries will be used to determine the need for a specific topic that is an integral part of the Practicum. The results of this research will be crucial for the development of the next phase of the project.After analyzing the results of the focus group, the methodological practicum will be developed using the synthesis of the literature used as the starting point for defining the theoretical basis of Practicum. It will contain a description of what are the specifics of social interaction and communication in people with autism, what are the social stories, who they are intended for, what is benefit of them, the way they are applied, what types exist and how they are developed. At the same time partners will work according to given themes on the examination, search and design of appropriate materials for the preparation of the working version of the pilot project.PRACTICUM DESIGN - The goal is to provide Practicum ultimate look and structure.PILOT PROJECT – It will serve to assess the quality and applicability of the working version of the practicum. After receiving completed surveys we will analyze responses and make eventual correction of the practicum according to relevant suggestions.PRACTICUM DEVELOPMENT - Partner organizations will simultaneously work on specific content related to given topics:The Alliance develops first part of Practicum - methodology of making social stories that will serve as a teachers tutorialsCenter for Autism–Health PracticumCSOP- Daily routine Practicum""Anton Skala"" - School and BehaviorDISSEMINATION AND EVALUATION - All partners will participate in various activities to contribute realization of the project goals. They will join efforts in evaluation and dissemination of the project results.Final phase of the project will be used to develop a series of analyzing tools that will help implementation of Practicum and tools for sustainability and promotion of the project. The development of the best analyzing tools will be based on interviews with teachers who applied Practicum. Positive results achieved through this project will be distributed so it can refer to as many people as possible.In this respect, in addition to the above activities, the online demining will be carried out."