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Studies have consistently shown that children with Learning Disorders
have deficits in social skills. This paper is a case-report of a nine year old
girl diagnosed with Disorder of Mixed scholastic skills. The child also
had deficits in social skills due to which she had difficulties in peer
relationships and was constantly embroiled in fighting and teasing. The
dynamics of this case are presented with reference to the literature,
personal temperaments and dysfunctional beliefs of the child and also the
environmental conditions. To improve her social skills using effective
techniques, a program of eight sessions based on Spence’s ‘Social Skill
Training’ method was applied. The areas focused on were Social
perception, Understanding feelings, Conversation-listening skills, Anger
& Relaxation, Peer relationship skills and Dealing with conflicts. Multimedia
videos were also used in the social skills training process. The
mother simultaneously participated in generalization training designed
to support her child’s transfer of skills. Each session of the social skills
training program are presented in detail. Pre and post training assessment
was conducted. There was a post training increase in the social skills
scores obtained on the measures and mother too reported a significant
improvement in the social skills of the child.