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Peer reviewedConte, Richard; Andrews, Jac – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
In response to Gresham and Elliott (1989), who concluded that a social skills deficit should not constitute a learning disability, this paper claims that current definitions allow for including social skills deficits. They propose limiting the definition of learning disabilities to intentional learning contexts, thus excluding social skills…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
