Social skills intervention with learning disabled children: Selecting skills and implementing training

Abstract

In view of the social difficulties faced by many learning disabled children, the present paper extends current knowledge and expertise in the area of social‐skills intervention to learning disabled children. First, nine areas of social behavior which relate to a child's acceptance from peers are reviewed and detailed, and considerations regarding how to select appropriate target skills and treatment goals for LD children are discussed. Next, methods for training the skills, and clinical applications of social skills training with LD children are presented. Treatment considerations which have emerged from clinical work on social intervention with LD children and directions for the future are also discussed.