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ERIC Number: EJ678721
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
Group Intervention: Improving Social Skills of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities.
Court, Deborah; Givon, Sarah
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v36 n2 p50-55 Nov-Dec 2003
This article describes the Life Skills program used to improve the social skills of 12 students with learning disabilities in an Israeli middle school. Each of two groups (girls or boys) met weekly for 5 months to address social skills topics. The article notes gender differences in reactions and participation, and outcomes in such areas as identification and expression of social feelings, social skills, and friendship connections. (Contains references.) (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries, Group Counseling, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Middle Schools, Sex Differences, Small Group Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Israel
Note: Theme: Management of Disruptive Behavior.