9 white male learning disabled adolescents were administered the Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity to assess their sensitivity to nonverbal communication. Analysis indicated these adolescents were poorer at decoding nonverbal cues than the nondisabled standardization sample. They also had difficulties in interpreting nonverbal messages, regardless of the mode in which they were presented. The relationship of learning disabled adolescents' sensitivity to nonverbal communication and social skills should be studied.
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