Summarizes research on whether individuals with learning disabilities exhibit social deficits characteristic of their population and whether instructional time should be spent teaching social skills conducted over 14 years by University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities (KU-IRLD). Describes commonalities across KU-IRLD…

Presents two subtypes of learning disabilities (LD) to illustrate hypotheses relating to psychosocial functioning of children with LD: that LD subtypes are manifestations of basic neuropsychological deficits; that subtypes may lead to problems in academic and/or psychosocial functioning; and that relationship between neuropsychological deficits,…

Discusses relationship between social skill deficits and vocational problems for learning-disabled workers. Identifies social skill deficits of learning-disabled worker that can be a major factor in job failure and reviews efforts to develop more positive job-related social behaviors. Presents issues and recommendations to professionals serving…

Areas of social behavior are reviewed in terms of the increasing emphasis on mainstreaming and normalization for children with special needs and the resulting concerns of psychologists and educators with the social interaction difficulties of learning disabled children. These areas of social behavior that contribute to a child's peer interactions…