Prevalence of learning disabilities in first and second grade students of elementary school in Chaharmahal Va bakhtiari Province

TThis study has aimed to investigate the Pprevalence of learning disabilities among in first and second grade students at of elementary schools in cChaharmahal va bBakhtiari province (Iran). Using a descriptive research, Method of this research is descriptive. 415 students (209 boys and 206 girls) were selected by a cluster sampling procedure. Subjects were assessed measured with through three tests, KeyMath Diagnostic Arithmetic Test, pPhonological aAwareness test and wWriting dDisorder test. Data analysis was carried out using descriptive statistical methods, and chi- square test. rResults indicated that 5.42 percent of first grade students and 7.55 percent of second grade students suffered from reading disorder. Also the prevalence of dyscalculia among first grade and second-grade students was 6.9% and 7.5% respectively. According to thisese results, 7.69% of males and 6.06 % of females in the first grade students and 8.57% of males, and 6.54% of females in the second grade students have writing disorder. The Ddifference between the prevalence of reading disorder in the female and male students was statistically significant, with and a greater number of male students having a reading disorder, But the differences between the prevalence of dyscalculia and dysgraphia in female and male students was were not statistically significant. Findings indicate that Tthe prevalence of learning disabilities among first and second grade students in cChaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province is relatively high., Aand reading disorder is more prevalent in male students than in female students.