Children with Learning Disabilities: Social Functioning and Adjustment

This book 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. Research shows that children with learning disabilities may experience social and emotional as well as cognitive difficulties. 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.

Spis treści:
1. Social functioning and adjustment.
2. The school as a context for social development.
3. Social perception: recognition of person and contextual cues.
4. Social cognitive functioning.
5. Behavioural dynamics associated with social adjustment.
6. Social cognition, behaviour and adjustment.
7. Theory, applied research and intervention strategies.

Nota biograficzna:
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.

Okładka tylna:
This book 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. Research shows that children with learning disabilities may experience social and emotional as well as cognitive difficulties. 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.