Effectiveness of Social Skills Training on Social Competence and Self- Esteem of Students with Learning Disabilities

Töhe aim of the current study was to investigate the efficacy of social skills training on social competence and self- esteem of students with learning disabilities. Therefore, 40 students with learning disabilities were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly divided into experimental and control groups (each group consisted of 20 students). Social skills training were employed on experimental group for 10 sessions. Analyzing data was performed by Mancova. Finding’s indicated that social skills training is statistically significant on improvement of self-esteem and social competence of students with learning disabilities in post-test level. Also at follow up level on variables, there was no significant difference between experimental and control groups. Considering the fact that students with learning disabilities in addition to academic problems, they have problems in social skills, low self esteem, depression, and other disorders, then in addition to removing these academic problems interventions to fix their behavioral problems is needed. However, period time it takes to increase child’s self-esteem and social competence, by continning teaching method by parents the stability of behavior are guaranteed the training of children by parents can be expected to improve self-esteem and social competence in behavior and... .