Habilidades sociales y rendimiento académico en un niño con dislexia

Abstract

Social skills are the most important capability of interaction in people and educational institutions have a great role in this process, now with the emergence of students with learning disabilities new obstacles have been formed. Dyslexia is the disorder that has been noticed to have more incidence nowadays because we go through the process of virtuality being then the characteristics of the disorder more notorious. Therefore, the emotional aspect of having a learning disability such as dyslexia in a child will hinder academic performance. The problematic situation is what influence does dyslexia have on social skills and academic performance in a child with such disorder? For this reason, the general objective is to describe the influence dyslexia has on social skills and academic performance in a child diagnosed with this disorder. As for the methodology of the case study, it is based on a qualitative approach, therefore, collection instruments are applied, interview and observation guide. In addition, a standardized test for the study variable, EHS – (Escala de Habilidades Sociales). The results obtained showed that there is a relationship between dyslexia and the two study variables mentioned above. The child has difficulties generated by the presence of the disorder in the development of skills that occur at the time of reading, and giving opinions, which are activities that necessarily involve interaction with the public.