Teaching social skills does not have to be done by the family alone. Another way to help teach social output skills is to put your child in supervised activities outside of the classroom where they will have to interact with other children. Something like a sport or activity like Boy or Girl Scouts is a good example. Social skills in large part are learned by repetition. You learn to take turns. You learn to share. The more a child is put into situations where this is a requirement the more she will come to realize that these are the skills necessary to get along with other people.
Social skills are learned over time and the best way to teach them is to emphasize their importance. It’s also important to recognize children with learning disabilities or other disabilities don't want to be "difficult" children. They want to fit into social situations and it’s important to explain to them that having social skills will help them do that.
There is a good list of Do’s and Don’t’s on how to help children with learning disabilities build social skills (or social competence) in the Learning Disabilities on-line site. Please take a few minutes and go there now before moving on.
Teasing is a problem that affects children with disabilities disproportionately
For information on teasing, disability and what you can do about it, click here.