TY - JOUR
T1 - Literature-based social skills instruction
T2 - A strategy for students with learning disabilities
AU - Womack, Sue A.
AU - Marchant, Michelle
AU - Borders, Deah
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Social skill deficits and learning disabilities often coexist. Academic work is negatively impacted by students' lack of social skills. Remediation of these deficits in pull-out programs has not generally resulted in transfer to real-world settings. Embedding social skills instruction within literature during a read-aloud session taught in the general education setting takes advantage of the literature context and the naturally occurring classroom community to assist students in improvement. The strategy is explained, detailed instructions for implementation are outlined, and potential benefits for educators are described.
AB - Social skill deficits and learning disabilities often coexist. Academic work is negatively impacted by students' lack of social skills. Remediation of these deficits in pull-out programs has not generally resulted in transfer to real-world settings. Embedding social skills instruction within literature during a read-aloud session taught in the general education setting takes advantage of the literature context and the naturally occurring classroom community to assist students in improvement. The strategy is explained, detailed instructions for implementation are outlined, and potential benefits for educators are described.
KW - behavioral and social-emotional functioning
KW - elementary
KW - intervention strategies
KW - learning disabilities
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U2 - 10.1177/1053451210378164
DO - 10.1177/1053451210378164
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78649953234
SN - 1053-4512
VL - 46
SP - 157
EP - 164
JO - Intervention in School and Clinic
JF - Intervention in School and Clinic
IS - 3
ER -
