Διερεύνηση των ψυχικών παραμέτρων και των κοινωνικών δεξιοτήτων στην προσαρμογή των παιδιών με μαθησιακές δυσκολίες στην Α/θμια εκπαίδευση

Abstract

The presence of learning disabilities in students, not only affect their academic performance, but also impact comprehensively in their lives, influencing their mental and social development. This thesis focuses on the study of mental parameters and social skills that influence the adjustment of students with learning disabilities in primary education. Research involves 122 students with learning disabilities and 122 without learning disabilities, aged 7 ~ 10 years. Regarding learning disabilities, limits the research context in reading ability of students. Regarding also the mental parameters the research focus on self-esteem, loneliness-social dissatisfaction, children’s depressive symptoms and through these, studies, their social skills. From the research data found correlations as well as variations between the parameters, at a statistically significant level between the two groups, indicating that students with learning disabilities have more reading difficulties, lower self-concept and self-esteem and become less socially acceptable as they experience greater loneliness, social dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms. The findings are broadly in line with similar surveys and contribute significantly to a better understanding of the psychosocial difficulties of students with learning difficulties in adjusting to the school environment, posing concerns about the effectiveness of educational policy-process followed so far in the school context.