ARTICLES Learning Disabilities and Behavior Problems: A Self Psychological and Intersubjective Approach to Working with Parents Margaret Amerongen Faye Mishna ABSTRACT. In this paper the authors present an approach, which is in- formed by self psychology and intersubjectivity theory, to working with parents of children who have learning disabilities (LD) and behavior problems. Children with LD are at risk of developing behavior prob- lems. Effective intervention with the children’s parents must be based on knowledge of the interplay of contributing cognitive and experiential Margaret Amerongen, MSW, RSW, is Clinical Director, Integra, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Faye Mishna, PhD, is Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work, Toronto, Ontario Canada. Address correspondence to: Margaret Amerongen, Integra, 25 Imperial Street, To- ronto, Ontario, M5P 1B9 Canada (E-mail: mamerongen@integra.on.ca). The authors wish to express their appreciation to Joseph Palombo, MA, LCSW and Richard Cummings, PhD for their helpful comments. Psychoanalytic Social Work, Vol. 11(2) 2004 http://www.haworthpress.com/web/PSW 2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Digital Object Identifier: 10.1300/J032v11n02_03 33