Nonverbal social interaction skills of children with learning disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Agaliotis, Ioannis ^a   Kalyva, Efrosini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b City Liberal Studies   (Greece)

Author keywords

Initiations; Learning disabilities; Nonverbal communication skills; Responses; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DISABILITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38649121423     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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