Tailoring Social Competence Interventions for Children with Learning Disabilities.
Challenges in social competence are common in children with Learning Disabilities (LDs), particularly those who present with co-occurring mental health challenges (LD + MH). Social competence calls upon a complex set of skills, including social skills, perspective-taking abilities, and an understand...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 856 - 870 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2016
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