Effectiveness of Group Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy on Performance of Third-Grade Students with Dictation Learning Disability

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group cognitive - behavioral therapy on performance of third-grade students with dictation learning disability of Tehran in the 2015-2016 academic years. The study was pre-test and post-test with control group. The sample consisted of 40 students with dictation learning disability that the two experimental and control groups of 20 people each were selected. The experimental group had 9 meeting of the 120- minute group counseling and control group did not receive any advice. The instrument used was researcher made test of dictation for children. Data were analyzed by analysis of covariance,Mean, standard deviation, Levin test. Finings results showed that experimental group in comparison to the control group gained significant reduction in write performance dictates. On the other hand, there was significant difference between the two groups at P The results showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy could be used to improve writing performance.