The Effectiveness of Sensory- Motor Integration on Reading Problems in Students with Learning Disabilities

The aim of the current research is to examine the effectiveness of sensory-motor integration on reading problems in students with learning disabilities. The research population of the current study includes all students referring to Centers of Learning Disorder in Yasouj during the 2014 academic year. The sample of the research consists of 24 students diagnosed to suffer from learning disorder who were divided into two groups, experiment and control, through convenience sampling method. The research had an experimental design with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. Shafii et al.’s Screening Test of Dyslexia Diagnosis (2008) was administered to collect data. The research questions were analyzed through repeated measures ANOVA. The results revealed that sensory-motor integration therapy led to improvements in reading problems of students with learning disabilities.