Purpose: Learning disorders are one of the most common
problems of students that have attracted the attention of many
psychologists and many Researches have been conducted on the
effectiveness of different interventions on different classes of
learning disorders. The present study was conducted with the aim
of the effectiveness of perceptual-motor training on listening
processing and reading comprehension in children with learning
disabilities .
Materials and Methods:The statistical population of this research
included all fifth and sixth grade children with learning disabilities
who referred to counseling centers in 1401. 30 children with
learning disabilities who met the criteria for entering the research
were selected by available sampling method and were equally and
randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control
group. The experimental group underwent perceptual-motor
training in 16 sessions, and the control group remained waiting
without any intervention during this period. Research tools include
Fisher's Hearing Problems Inventory and Cloze's test. The data
analysis of this research was done in two descriptive and
inferential parts(covariance analysis) using SPSS-23 software .
Findings: The results showed that perceptual-motor training
intervention is effective on listening processing and reading
comprehension in children with learning disabilities .
Conclusion: According to the results of this research, it is
suggested to use perceptual-motor exercises to improve listening
processing and reading comprehension of children with learning
disabilities.