Using Children’s Literature to Teach Social Skills (LD Online)

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Using Children’s Literature to Teach Social Skills - Children with disabilities, particularly learning disabilities, do not always make friends as effortlessly and easily as do their nondisabled peers. Through the use of children’s literature, children with learning disabilities can be taught valuable skills that will enable them to make and maintain friendships.

This article (a) describes a strategy incorporating children’s literature for teaching friendship skills and (b) discusses a practice lesson using this strategy.