Development, Validation and Testing of an Education Program for Identification of Learning Disabilities Among School Children by Primary School Teachers in Qatar

Data will be collected for a period of one -year. samples will be equally distributed among experimental and control group. Socio -demographic data and knowledge and attitude of primary school teachers on learning disability will be assessed by interview method using questionnaire. Control group will receive general information on children with learning disabilities while experimental group will receive education training program. After 15 days again education program will be repeated as a reinforcement. Pre and posttest will be conducted for both the groups at one-month interval. Required data will be collected for one-year period by interview method using questionnaire. Competency assessment will be done by using checklist on identification of learning disabilities Teachers' competency for experimental group then the competency will be verified by education counselor . As a follow up of the research study, after one-month interval no of referral by each teacher will be collected to m

Education pamphlets will be provided to total of 67 samples