Social Grace or Disgrace: Adolescent Social Skills and Learning Disability Subtypes.

Bergman, Marilyn M.

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ERIC Number: EJ364854

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Social Grace or Disgrace: Adolescent Social Skills and Learning Disability Subtypes.

Bergman, Marilyn M.

Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, v3 n2 p161-66 1987

Socialization difficulties encountered by a particular learning disabled adolescent may be related to the type of underlying learning disability. Two subtypes of learning disability are discussed (language disorders and disturbed visual spatial functions) along with implications for problems in development of social skills and for effective intervention. (Author/VW)

Descriptors: Behavior Development, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities, Peer Relationship, Perceptual Handicaps, Secondary Education, Self Esteem, Social Development, Visual Perception

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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