EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SKILLS AND ADJUSTMENT AMONG CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITY

Joseph Thomas R

Volume : V, Issue : IX, September - 2016

EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SKILLS AND ADJUSTMENT AMONG CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITY

Joseph Thomas R

Abstract :

Social skill deficits have the potential to affect negatively both social and academic achievement in students diagnosed as learning disabled (LD) (Kavale & Forness, 1996). The main objective of the study is to identify the relationship between adjustment and social skills . This study follows a correlation research design basically looks into the variables that seem to interact with each other. In the first part of this study, the investigator measures the level of social skills and adjustment. With that, the study aims to identify the relationship of social skills with adjustment among children with learning disability. The findings of this research indicate that social skills have a strong correlation with adjustment and aggression. Thus, it can be concluded that promoting social skills among children with learning disability will in turn helps in decreasing aggressive behaviours and enhancing adjustment. The results of this study points out the importance of developing social skills intervention programs for children with learning disability.