Learning And Teaching Social Skills: A Relationship-Based
Approach
For those of us committed to helping children overcome learning
challenges, the quest to teach social skills is particularly
important. Social learning impairments are associated with a
wide variety of learning disabilities, although they are
especially problematic for people with nonverbal learning
disabilities (NLD), noted to have underdeveloped
right-hemisphere abilities, including deficits in:
* reading facial expressions * perceiving emotions * using
nonverbal communication (body language) The constellation of
social skills deficits often encountered in school age children
are perhaps best described as pragmatic communication deficits,
which encompass challenges understanding social conventions and
applying social cognitive skills. On the next page you will find
some common examples of pragmatic communication skills. This
information is taken from my book, Boys of Few Words: Raising
Our Sons to Communicate and Connect,