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Telling Tales: Narratives and Learning-Disabled Children.

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Garnett, Katherine – Topics in Language Disorders, 1986

The article examines the social-academic nature of storytelling, reviews studies of narrative ability of learning disabled students, and offers suggestions for developing narratives in the classroom setting. (CL)

Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities, Narration, Story Telling

Learning-Disabled Children as Conversational Partners.

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Donahue, Mavis – Topics in Language Disorders, 1983

Research is reviewed on conversational competence in learning disabled (LD) children. LD children are viewed as eager to fulfill conversational responsibilities while compensating for linguistic inadequacies. Findings emphasize the importance of teaching conversational skills. (CL)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities

Communicative Skills and Peer Relations of Learning Disabled Adolescents.

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Donahue, Mavis; Bryan, Tanis – Topics in Language Disorders, 1984

Research is reviewed on the communicative ability of learning disabled (LD) adolescents and its effects on acceptance by peers. Difficulties are noted in social perception, oral language, and social experience. Suggestions for enhancing communication and social skills include using group-contingent reinforcements and exposing LD students to normal…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities

Beliefs about Listening in Students with Learning Disabilities: "Is the Speaker Always Right?"

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Donahue, Mavis L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997

Discusses the beliefs of children with learning disabilities about listening and the listener's role in repairing communicative breakdowns. Describes ways of using children's literature to enable students to reflect on the interactive roles of speaker and listener using stories with a theme of resolving communication breakdowns. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence

Persuasive Talk in Social Contexts: Development, Assessment, and Intervention.

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Nippold, Marilyn A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994

This article reviews the developmental literature in spoken persuasion and discusses implications for assessment and intervention with students with language-learning disorders, in terms of persuading others, analyzing persuasive appeals, and responding to persuasive appeals. (JDD)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language