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ERIC Number: EJ387215
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Social Skills Deficits as a Primary Learning Disability.
Gresham, Frank M.; Elliott, Stephen N.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v22 n2 p120-24 Feb 1989
The proposed modified definition of learning disability by the Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities, which includes social skills deficits as a specific learning disability, is presented and analyzed from primary, secondary, and social learning theory causative hypotheses. Development of an adequate assessment technology is urged. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities, Social Development, Student Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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