Social Skills Deficits in Students with Disabilities

Social Skills Deficits in Students with Disabilities
Author: Helen Nicole Frye Myers
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475801122

Social skills may impact a student with a disability more than the disability itself. Learn the social deficits and challenges associated with disabilities, as well as strategies to support social skill development. A variety of professionals share their success strategies so readers (parents, teachers, counselors, psychologists, and others working in the disability field) can incorporate them into their professional "toolbox" and practice. Included are strategies from special educators, school counselors, licensed professional counselors, an occupational therapist, and a psychologist. Current issues such as bullying are explored in addition to ways professionals and universities should be involved in supporting social skills of students with disabilities. A special section on working with parents includes a handout with strategies parents can use while social skills are developing in their child. Book jacket.

Social Competence of Adolescents with Learning Disability Role of Peers

Social Competence of Adolescents with Learning Disability Role of Peers
Author: Kaur Jasleen K
Publisher: Independent Author
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-04-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781805254614

The present research was undertaken to understand the social profiles of adolescents identified to have learning disability, with emphasis on the role of peers. The definition of learning disability recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India and accepted for this study was originally recommended by U. S. Government in Public Law 94-142. It states: "Specific Learning Disabilities means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, speak, read, spell or to do mathematical calculations. The term includes such conditions as perceptual handicaps, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia and developmental aphasia. The term does not include children who have learning problems which are primarily the result of visual, hearing or motor handicaps, or mental retardation, emotional disturbance or environmental, cultural or economic disadvantages". Although the disability manifests largely as deficits in learning processes and affects academic success, there is research evidence to show that it impacts a person's self-worth and social relationships. Research emanating from western contexts has reported difficulties in social adjustment of children and adolescents with learning disability, particularly with reference to peer relations. However, there is dearth of research work in this area in India. This study was exploratory in nature with four.

Learning Disabilities

Learning Disabilities
Author: H. Lee Swanson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136466320

This volume has been developed as a direct result of a conference sponsored by the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities, held at the University of California at Los Angeles. The text provides a review and critique of current research in the areas of intelligence, social cognition, achievement, and subtyping as they relate to learning disabilities. In addition, the concept that social behavior is an aspect of intelligence and the relationship between language and reading are discussed in detail by noted experts.