Pragmatic language skills in people with intellectual disabilities: A review
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..., 1992), and are less involved in workplace joking and teasing (e.g., Beyer & Kilsby, 1995, cited in Hagnar, 1996; Hatton, 1998)....
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...Reviewing this literature, Hatton (1998) concluded that although people with intellectual disabilities are generally accepted by coworkers, they typically do not achieve “a high degree of social integration” (p. 91)....
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...The value of effective social skills in the workplace for those with intellectual disabilities cannot be overestimated (e.g., Greenspan & Shoultz, 1981; Hagnar, 1996; Hatton, 1998; Storey et al., 1991)....
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...As Hatton (1998) pointed out, “Relatively subtle aspects of pragmatic language use can inhibit the development of meaningful relationships with others…the display of conversational competence can be considered as an essential prerequisite for the achievement of a valued quality of life” (p. 93)....
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...…that focused social skills training both before and during work placement contributes to improvements in the management of interpersonal interaction by workers with intellectual disabilities (Hatton, 1998; Hughes, Killian, & Fischer, 1996; La Greca, Stone, & Bell, 1983; Schloss & Wood, 1990)....
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...Because this kind of friendly banter is an important way of expressing collegiality or worker solidarity, it is obviously important for young workers with intellectual disabilities to learn how to manage it (Hagnar, 1993, 1996; Hatton, 1998)....
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...Yet these are precisely the contexts that have been identi ed as problematic (e.g., Greenspan & Shoultz, 1981; Hagnar, Rogan, & Murphy, 1992; Hatton, 1998)....
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...…disabilities stresses the crucial role played by social skills or social behaviours in the perceptions of others as competent; in other words, socially competent workers are often more positively perceived, whatever their level of task-related ability (Butterworth & Strauch, 1994; Hatton, 1998)....
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...The value of effective social skills in the workplace for those with intellectual disabilities cannot be over-estimated (e.g., Greenspan & Shoultz, 1981; Hagnar, 1996; Hatton, 1998; Storey et al., 1991)....
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...…that focussed social skills training both before and during work placement contributes to improvements in the management of interpersonal interaction by workers with intellectual disabilities (Hatton, 1998; Hughes, Killian, & Fischer, 1996; La Greca, Stone, & Bell, 1983; Schloss & Wood, 1990)....
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