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                                        Learning


                                        Disabilities and


                                        Social Skills



                                                             By Rifka Schonfeld, Director of S.O.S.
                                                                 (Strategies For Optimum Success)


              Q: I know that my son has trouble
              in  school  because  of  his  learning
              disability. But, he is also struggling                                      -
              socially.  He  doesn’t  seem  to  be                                        -
              able to hold on to a friend for more

              tells me that other children don’t                                          -
              like him. Could there be a connec-                                          -
                                                  -
              ty and his social skills? Are learning
                                                  -
              ent levels of self-esteem?                                                  -




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              ics. Children with learning disabili-
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                                                      ing a state of ‘learned helplessness’


              struggling  learners,  but  what  peo-


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