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Modifiability in Emotional Understanding among Children with Learning Disabilities
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Tzuriel, David; Schorr-Edelsztein, Hani; Bauminger-Zvieli, Nirit – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2018
Children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) exhibit specific difficulties in high-order components of emotional understanding that involve language (e.g., recognition of complex emotions from situations), or defining emotions and providing examples. The objectives of the current study were to study (a) modifiability of emotional…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Emotional Response, Language Skills, Intervention
Socioemotional and Behavioural Adaptation of Students with Disabilities: The Significance of Teacher-Student Attachment-Like Relationships
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Granot, David – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2016
The present study explores the extent to which maternal attachment and teacher--student attachment-like relationships explain the socioemotional adaptation of students with disabilities. Participants consisted of 65 dyads of homeroom teachers and their students (from a middle-to-low-class area in Northern Israel) with learning disabilities (LD),…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Social Development, Emotional Development
Homework Stress: Construct Validation of a Measure
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Katz, Idit; Buzukashvili, Tamara; Feingold, Liat – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
This article presents 2 studies aimed at validating a measure of stress experienced by children and parents around the issue of homework, applying Benson's program of validation (Benson, 1998). Study 1 provides external validity of the measure by supporting hypothesized relations between stress around homework and students' and parents' positive…
Descriptors: Homework, Learning Disabilities, Construct Validity, Stress Variables
The Socioemotional Adjustment of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities in the Kibbutz during High School Transition Periods.
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Tur-Kaspa, Hana – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
A study examined the socioemotional experiences of adolescents with and without learning disabilities (LD) in an Israeli kibbutz environment during school transition periods. Seventh- and ninth-graders with LD received more social peer rejection and were judged by teachers to exhibit lower social skills and higher behavioral problems. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries
Phonological Awareness, Peer Nominations, and Social Competence among Preschool Children at Risk for Developing Learning Disabilities.
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Most, Tova; Al-Yagon, Michal; Tur-Kaspa, Hana; Margalit, Malka – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2000
A study examined the relationship between phonological awareness skills and social-emotional competence among 98 Israeli preschool children, 39 at risk for developing learning disabilities. Children at risk had lower phonological awareness measures, viewed themselves as more lonely, felt less confident, and were less accepted by peers. (Contains…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students, Interpersonal Competence
Learning Disability Subtyping, Loneliness, and Classroom Adjustment.
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Margalit, Malka; Levin-Alyagon, Michal – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1994
This study examined patterns of social-emotional subgroups among 122 students with learning disabilities in Israel. Cluster analysis found four subgroups: two nonlonely (one behaviorally adjusted and one with externalizing maladjustment) and two lonely (with externalizing and internalizing maladjustment). Teacher ratings, student ratings, and case…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classification, Cluster Analysis, Disability Identification