Habilidades sociales en preadolescentes con trastorno específico del lenguaje

The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between specific language impairment (SLI) and social skills in preadolescence. This aim is few explored, but has a great interest because in preadolescence social relations and close friendship are key factors in psychosocial development. We compared a group of children with SLI (n = 18) with a group of children with typical language development from the same age and classroom. We measured social skills, leadership, adaptability and adaptative skills through the System Behavioral Assessment of Children and Adolescents (BASC; Reynolds y Kamphaus, 1992; Spanish adaptation by González et al., 2004). Results showed that children with SLI had a lower index in all the variables except on adaptability. These results indicate that children with SLI show a deficit in social skills and leadership. Therefore, other areas, different from linguistic, are needed to take into account in order to intervene in children with SLI.