A comparison of behavioral characteristics and social development in children with and without learning disability

The purpose of this study is to compare behavioral characteristics and social development in students with and without learning disability. The sample of this research contains 45 students learning disabled who refered to learning problems center in Rasht and 45 without learning disability students. Fallahchai reading and writing Test, Kay–math mathematic Test, Achenbach and Edelbrock child Behavior checklist and Vineland social development scale were administered. The results of MANOVA showed that there are significant differences between learning disabled children and normal children in behavioral characteristics. Also learning disabled children are lower than normal children in social development. The results suggest the necessity of more attention to behavioral characteristics and improving social development of learning disabled children.