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Children with Learning Disabilities: Social Functioning and Adjustment

ISBN: 978-1-854-33326-1

April 2000

Wiley-Blackwell

178 pages

Description
Provides an account of the social cognitive development of children with learning disabilities and discusses ways in which this might be related to their social adjustment. The book provides an overview of research in this area and, with the use of various models, examines aspects of social functioning. Applications of research to educational and other more general settings are discussed, as are implications for the design of intervention strategies.
About the Author
Dr Dabie Nabuzoka is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK. He has conducted research on the social functioning of children with disabilities especially in the context of integrated mainstream schools in the UK and Zambia.
Features

  • Provides an account of the social cognitive development of children with learning disabilities and discusses ways in which this might be related to their social adjustment.

  • Offers an overview of research in this area and, with the use of various models, examines aspects of social functioning.

  • Applications of research to educational and other more general settings are discussed, as are implications for the design of intervention strategies.