Teaching social skills to students with learning disabilities. (c2006)

Abstract

Th is project aimed to present to teachers the im porta nce and the diffe rem approac hes of teach ing soc ial skills to lower elementary learning disabled students. Prior to the di ffe rent intervent ion s, a literature rev iew di scusses various characteri stics of lea rning disabilit ies and soc ia l sk ills de fi cits. The project focused on one type of soc ia l skill s, the asserti veness tra ining, due to its importance in a student's life. Severa l activit ies re lated to asse rtiveness skill using several l11ultiple techn iques are prese nted in order to help the teacher integrate social skills in the curriculul11.