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It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Learning Disabled Child Find Social Success (2005)

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The lives of most children are filled with joy, laughter, and their daily adventures with friends, classmates, and teammates. Some children, however, seem unable to make these important connections with peers and, as a result, are often isolated and ignored.

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Professional

Length:

01:30

It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend

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As any parent, teacher, coach, or caregiver of a learning disabled child knows, every learning disability has a social component. The ADD child constantly interrupts conversations and doesn't follow directions. The child with visual-spatial issues loses his belongings and causes his siblings to be late to school. The child with paralinguistic difficulties appears stiff and wooden because she fails to gesture when she talks. These children are socially out of step with their classmates and peers, and often they are ridiculed or ostracized for their differences.

Author:

Richard Lavoie

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It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Learning Disabled Child Find Social Success (2005)

It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend