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The study explored the effectiveness of social skills training and cross-age tutoring on the acquisition and use of social skills among 20 mainstreamed learning disabled boys (ages 9-12). All subjects received direct instruction in such communication skills as greeting, listening, asking questions, answering questions, and complimenting. Seven of the students then tutored younger children in spelling. Emphasis was placed on the use of appropriate social communication skills in the tutoring situation providing an opportunity for active rehearsal of the target social skills. Evaluation indicated that experimental subjects responded to the intervention for two of the target behaviors (greeting and answering questions). Three figures, 7 tables, and 52 references are included. (DB)