Social skills deficits in learning disabilities: The psychiatric comorbidity hypothesis

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 252-261

  San Miguel, Stephanie K ^c   Forness, Steven R ^a,b   Kavale, Kenneth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030239804     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1511211     Document Type: Article

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