The responses of learning disabled and normal children to a social inference task were compared. In individual interviews children were asked to interpret pictures of social situations. For some stimulus pictures children were asked to determine antecedents and predict consequences of the event. The LD children showed deficits in interpretation of the situation and determining consequences. No differences were found between groups in determining antecedents. Results are related to the cognitive and attentional deficits of LD children.

This pilot study investigates receptive and expressive humor in students from primary, intermediate, and middle school grades with learning disabilities, mild mental retardation, or no diagnosed handicap. Student performance is compared on (1) identification of endings to riddles that have a phonological, lexical, or cognitive incongruity basis for humor; (2) description of the source of humor in selected jokes; and (3) expression of favorite jokes.The results of a multivariate analysis of variance of these data are reported and discussed, with implications for future research noted.

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