The effectiveness of child- centered play therapy with approach Axline training on mood change in children with learning Disabilities

Introdouction: The aime of this research was to determine the effectiveness of child- centered play therapy with approach Axline training on mood change (Depression) in children with learning Disabilities .
The method of this research was quasi experimental(pre test- post test with control groups).The population of this research was all of students (boys and girls ) with learning disabilities in yazd. 30 students 7- 8 referred to learning disabilities shahied Namdar center in the yazd, were selected by purposeful sampling method and were assignment in to group (15 experimental and 15 control). The experimental group received 8 sessions in two time(twice weekly )of child- centered play therapy with approach Axline training and the control group which did not receive any intervention. The Instruments of this research was interview clinical interview and child Depression Inventory (CDI). data were analyzed by ANCOVA analysis.
The results if the analysis of covariance showed that effectiveness of child- centered play therapy with approach Axline training on mood change (Depression) in children with learning Disabilities .
Findings generally showed that the child- centered play therapy training to reduce mood change (Depression) in children with learning Disabilities(p