Comparing the visual - motor perception of normal children and children with learning disabilities using Bender Geshtalt Test

This study compares the visual- motor perception of normal children and children with learning disablilities, and assesses the power of Bender Gestalt Test in screening learning disabilities. The study population composed of all primary school students with learning disabilities who were refered to the educational and rehabilitation centers in Ahvaz city during the academic year 1389-90. By purposed sampling, 52 learning disabeld children and 52 normal children were selected based on sex, age, education and language group (mono-linguald or Arabic-Farsi bilingual). To collect the data, Bender Gestalt tests were used. The obtained data were analyzed using MANOVA statistical method. The results showed that there were significant difference between the two groups in visual-motor perception and distortion, integration, perseveration and rotation and all of the errors. So It seems that Bender Geshtalt test is capable of screening learning disabilities in normal children, especially in grade 2 and the upper grades.