Comparing the Students with and without Learning Disability in the Problematic Social Situations

Social behaviors impact on over all aspects of life of children and affect their social adjustment and happiness. Therefore¡ the purpose of the study was to compare the students with learning disability and normal students in different problematic social situations.
This resea-rch was an Ex Post Facto design. The statistical population includes all elementary students with learning disability and normal students in 2013-2014 academic years. The sample of study consists of 99 students with learning disability that were selected by random cluster sampling method. Also¡ 112 normal students matched in terms of their age and intelligence was selected. Taxonomy of Problematic Social Situations for Children was used for collecting data (Dodge¡ et al¡ 1985).
The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that children with learning disabilities in compare with normal children had lower performance in problematic social situations. The results of univariate analysis of variance also revealed that score of children with learning disability is significantly higher than normal children in components such as peer group entry¡ response to provocation¡ response to failure¡ response to success¡ social expectations¡ and teacher expectations.
The results of this study show that students with learning disabilities should receive more training in social skills such as partnership and cooperation¡ finding friend¡ relationships with adults and peers stimulation.