Social competence and learning difficulties: teacher perceptions.
Background/aim: Social competence has been linked to children's classroom performance with three out of four children with learning difficulties reported to have problems with social skills. Social participation remains a predominant childhood occupation and a key indicator of school performance. O...
| Published in: | Australian Occupational Therapy Journal Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 256 - 266 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2008
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