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| Learning Disabilities and Self-Esteem |
 Communication style and social awareness:
• May appear to be overly selfish and disinterested in the opinions of other speakers (when nothing could be father from the truth)
• Has obstacle judging when it is his or her turn to take part in a conversation
• May interpret irregularly others' feelings
• Is unaware of when his or her behaviors are tiresome or annoying
• May have problems with visual-spatial planning and self-regulation, resulting in difficulties in judgment: they may misjudge how close to stand to someone during talk, how to assume and maintain a relaxed pose or when it might be appropriate to touch.
Self knowledge:
• Is unsure how to comprehend his or her personal strengths and weaknesses, or how to explain them to others
• Has trouble assessing and reflecting on his or her behavior in social interactions
Language
• Has limited vocabulary, or has difficulty selecting the right words for the situation
• Has a problem with topic selection
• Talks around a topic, providing inessential, less critical information in response to a question
• When asked to expand on something, is more likely to repeat rather than explain his or her point
• In conversation, is more likely than peers to rely on gestures
• Do not know when to end a conversation.
Self-perceived social status
• Has difficulty knowing how he or she fits in to a peer group, which often results in "hanging back," being passive or "sticking out" in a crowd for trying too hard to belong
• Has limited success getting noticed in positive ways within a peer group
• Is perceived as less popular and therefore more often rejected or ignored by peers - sometimes resulting in further self-imposed isolation.
Self-perceived ability to effect change
• Believes that results are controlled by external impacts (luck, chance, fate) rather than his or her own efforts
• Assumes a posture of "learned helplessness:" believes that because he or she struggled with something in the past, there is little they can do to change a negative outcome in the future, so they stop trying and hope for the best.
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