The effectiveness of solution-focused approach on the educational motivation among children with specific learning disabilities

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of solution-focused approach on the educational motivation among children with special learning disabilities in the Vali Asr institute of rehabilitation in Tehran, in 2016-2017. The Method of this research was semi-experimental and it was conducted with the pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The researched population included students with special learning disability from Vali Asr rehabilitation institute in Tehran who had symptoms of special learning disabilities and were under treatment and educational programs. The whole population of the research included 150 children with special learning disability. From these 150 students, 30 students from fifth grade of elementary school were selected using convenience sampling method. From the selected 30 students, 15 students were randomly assigned to experimental group and 15 students to control group. For data analysis the method of covariance analysis of single variable was used. The result of research showed that the average of experimental group compared to the control group in the educational motivation variable had a significant growth, and statistical result from multivariate covariance analysis in the level of (α =/5) became significant. Therefore the solution-focused approach could improve the educational motivation of the students with special learning disabilities.