Teaching Job-Related Social Skills to Learning Disabled Adolescents
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1981-04-01Author
Whang, Paula L.
Fawcett, Stephen B.
Mathews, R. Mark
Publisher
Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities
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Book
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Research Report / Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities;42
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Previous research has indicated that LD adolescents perform poorly on a test of employment-related social skills (Mathews, Whang, & Fawcett, in press). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of training procedures designed to teach various job-related social skills to learning disabled adolescents. Six job-related social skills were trained using written instructional materials and role-playing practice to criterion. The results showed that the learning disabled adolescents performed the skills in role-playing situations better after training than before training. Generalization measures taken at the adolescents place of employment also suggest the generality of the training effects to actual work environments.
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This research was published by the KU Center for Research on Learning, formerly known as the University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities.
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Whang, P. L., Fawcett, S. B., & Mathews, R. M. (1981) Teaching Job-Related Social Skills to Learning Disabled Adolescents [Research Report 42]. Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, Lawrence, KS.
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