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Service Learning: Meeting Student and Community Needs.
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Yoder, Denise I.; And Others – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1996
A program in which 12 seventh- and eighth-grade students with learning disabilities and/or culturally diverse backgrounds participated with nondisabled peers in service learning is described. The students improved their social skills and self-esteem through community service with younger students and senior citizens. The article offers a rationale…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Interpersonal Competence, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities